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Chapter6WritingEssays Week14 PatternsofEssayDevelopment DescriptionNarrationExpositionArgumentation Description Descriptionisaverbalpictureofaperson place orthing Narration Narrationisanaccountofsomethingthathappened Exposition ExamplesProcessDefinition Inexposition thewriterexplainsacertainsubject Patternsofexpositioninclude ComparisonandcontrastClassificationCauseandeffect Argumentation Inargumentation awriterattemptstosupportacontroversialpoint ordefendapositiononwhichthereisdifferenceofopinion TwoPointstoRemember 1 Whilemanyessaysinvolveonepredominantpattern mostmakeuseofmorethanonepattern 2 Mostessaysinvolvesomeformofargumentation thatis theyattempttoconvincethereaderthatapointisvalid DISCUSSION ImportantConsiderations UnderstandingthelengthandnatureoftheassignmentKnowingyoursubjectKnowingyourpurposeandaudienceDeterminingyourpointofviewUsingpeerreviewDoingapersonalreview TheLengthandNatureoftheAssignment Whatkindofpaperdoestheinstructorhaveinmind Researchsummary Originalwork Somethingelse Howlongshouldthepaperbe SubjectofthePaper Trytowriteonsomethingthatinterestsyou ifpossible makeitasubjectyoualreadyknowsomethingabout Purpose Mostwritinghasoneofthreepurposes toinform topersuade ortoentertain Inordertoachieveyourpurpose youwillneedtoknowyouraudience Audience Yourinstructorandclassmatesstandinforageneralaudience educatedadultreaders Youwillneedtopracticewritingformorespecificaudiences aswell anemployer achildrengroup themayor etc PointofView 1 First personapproach IlikecomfortwhenI mcamping Mostcommoninnarrativeessays 2 Second personapproach First findyourflashlight Generallyappropriateonlyforgivinginstructionsanddirectexplanations asinprocessessays 3 Third personapproach Thecamperfoundhisflashlight Mostcommoninacademicwriting PeerReview Identification Onasheetofpaper writetheauthor snameandthetitleofthepaperyouread ScratchOutline X ray thepaperforitsinnerlogicbymakingascratchoutline CommentsWheredidthepaper snag Suggestwaystofixproblems Arethereproblemswithsupport unity ororganization Trytohelp Notesomethingyoureallylikedaboutthepaper PersonalReview Followthesestepstopracticeyourpersonalreview Whileyouwriteandrevise evaluateforunity support andorganization Afteryou vefinishedthenext to lastdraft checkitforsentenceskills Description Morethananyothertypeofessay adescriptivepaperneedssharp colorfuldetails Description DULL Afanwasinthewindow Description Colorful Thebladesoftherustywindowfanclatteredandwhirledastheyblewoutastreamofwarm soggyair Thisdescriptionisrichinsenseimpressions Thereaderreceivesaclearpictureofthefanandcanmoreeasilysharethewriter sexperience Narration Narrationisusedtomakeastatementclearorillustrateapoint Forexample youmightprovideavividaccountofyourfirstdrivingexperiencestoargueforahigherminimumdrivingage Narration Thesharperandmorecolorfulthedetail thegreatertheIMPACTthenarrationwillhave Examples Exampleshelpyouraudienceunderstandyourpoint helpconvincethemofit andaddinteresttoyourpaper Examples Forexample STATEMENTThatwashingmachineisunreliable EXAMPLESThewatertemperaturecan tbepredicted itstopsinmidcycle anditsometimesshredsmyclothing Process Processessaysexplainhowtodosomething Howdoyoudiaperababy Howdoyoudealwithstress Howdoyouanalyzeapoem Process Processessayssometimesemployasecond personapproach First youlocatethebaby Useofthesecond personapproachisotherwisegenerallyfrownedoninacademicwriting CauseandEffect Therearenearlyalwaysmultiplecausesandeffectsassociatedwithanyphenomenon action event idea etc CauseandEffect Emphasizingoneoranothercauseand oreffectisthepointofwritingacause and effectessay CauseandEffect Beaware however thatindoingso youaremakinganargument Besuretoadequatelysupportyourpoint ComparisonandContrast Thepurposeofcomparingandcontrastingtwothingsistounderstandthetwothingsmoreclearly and attimes tomakejudgmentsaboutthem ComparisonandContrast Comparisonandcontrastessayscallforoneoftwotypesofdevelopment 1 Onesideatatime2 Pointbypoint Definition Forexample STATEMENTLarryisreallyinconsiderate DEFINITIONBy inconsiderate Imeanthatheborrowedmyeconomicsbook overnight butdidn treturnitforaweek andthendelivereditcoveredwithcoffeestains Definition Inawrittendefinition wemakeclearinamoredetailedandformalwayourunderstandingofaterminordertoillustrateapoint Definition Suchadefinitiontypicallystartswithonemeaningofaterm Definition Forexample STATEMENTManystudentsbehavelikezombies DEFINITIONStudent zombies aretheoneswhowalkintoclasslate withoutbooksorpapers andsitintheverylastrowofclasslisteningtomusic Classification Inwriting weclassifyanddivideasubjectinordertoexplainittoreaders Classification Forexample Weexplainadvertisingstrategiesbyclassifyingtelevisioncommercialsforbeerintotheirappealtoourdesiresfor amusement friendship wealth Argumentation Inanargumentessay youdefendacontrovers