Modes of Development Quiz

Patterns of Development

• The logical arrangement of ideas is known as the pattern of development.

Narration

• Narration is storytelling, a sequence of events told by a narrator, happening in a particular place at a particular time.
• It creates a world based on the writer's imagination or revisits a world based on the author's memory.
• The goal is to transport the reader from their real world to the reality of the story being read.

Definition

• Definition helps to clarify and explain concepts by answering the question "What does it mean?"
• This pattern explains information using illustrations, examples, and descriptions.

Exemplification

• Exemplification presents a general statement and provides specific and concrete examples to expound on the main idea.
• This pattern is used to provide an example of something.

Description

• A descriptive paragraph provides details on the idea using either a sensory or spatial pattern.
• Sensory pattern arranges ideas based on one or all of the five senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell).
• Spatial pattern arranges ideas by location or physical space.

Comparison and Contrast

• This pattern organizes ideas based on how events, places, people, things, and concepts are similar to or different from one another.

Classification

• Classification organizes ideas into categories or divisions based on criteria and standards.