methods of paragraph development
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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
Development
Informal Definition
Components Purpose/s Types
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
Methods of Paragraph
Development
Informal Definition
Components Purpose/s Types
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
Methods of Paragraph
Development
Informal Definition
Components Purpose/s Types
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
Methods of Paragraph
Development
Informal Definition
Components Purpose/s Types
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
Methods of Paragraph
Development
Informal Definition
Components Purpose/s Types
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
Methods of Paragraph
Development
Informal Definition
Components Purpose/s Types
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
N/A
Methods of Paragraph
Development
Informal Definition
Components
Purpose/s Types
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
Methods of Paragraph
Development
Informal Definition
Components Purpose/s Types
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
N/A
Methods of Paragraph
Development
Informal Definition
Components Purpose/s Types
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
