methods of paragraph development

Methods of Paragraph

Development

Bendiola, Ivan C.Dinulos, Lyzza May A.Llamas, Jean B.

Methods of Paragraph

Development

Informal Definition

Components Purpose/s Types

1. Narration

- to tell a story.

a. Introduction

b. Rising action

c. Climax

d. Denouement

e. Resolution

- For clarifying and illustrating abstract ideas

-emphasizing important relationship.

a. First person

b. Second person

c. Third person

Methods of Paragraph

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2. Cause and Effect

- deals with reasons and results.

a. Reasons

b. Results

-to explain conditions or events that cause a certain situation or may discuss conditions or events that result from a situation.

N/A

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3. Description

- to represent the appearance of something with the use of words.

a. Subject (Noun)

b. Descriptive Devices (Adjective and Adverb)

- To present its subject for the mind’s eye.

a. Objective description

b. Subjective Description

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4.Analogy

- an extended comparison between two unlike things.

a. Figures of Speech (Simile, Metaphor, Metonymy, Synecdoche) 

- To show relation of likeness between two unlike objects.

a. Logic

b. Rhetoric

c. Linguistic

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5. Comparison, Contrast

- pointing out similarities and differences, respectively.

a. Similarities

b. Differences

- To give emphasis and explain the relationship between two things.

 N/A

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6. Comparison and Contrast

- explains how two subjects are similar or different 

- Similarities

- Differences

- used to point out the similarities and differences between two objects, persons or places

N/A

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7. Classification

- explains a subject by dividing into types or categories 

- subject/ term to be classified

- its classifications

- to explain something by dividing it into types, groups, or categories  

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8. Exemplification, Functional Analysis

- makes a point about a topic by providing examples to support it

- explains how something works or exists as a unit  

- subject  - examples

- its functions

- to support the point you are making about the topic by using examples

- to break down the subject into parts and explain how each part functions in relation to the operation or existence of the whole

N/A

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9. Facts - usually includes numbers, statistics, or other settings that can be proved

 - subject/ topic

- data/ information

- to provide information about certain things or topic to be discussed

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10. Definition

- gives meanings to terms or ideas

a. Term

b. Genus/ Class

c. Differentia

- to provide meanings to terms for better understanding

a. formal definition

b. informal definition