Writing Power

Chapter nine

Organizing your ideas

Draw a graphic organizer

A graphic organizer is a pattern or form you draw on a sheet of paper that helps you get your supporting ideas together .

Different kinds of graphic organizers

• Make an analysis frame

It can help you write a:• Response to a work of literature• Review of a book, play, or movie• Comparative analysis

• Make a pro-con chart

A pro-con chart can help you with the following kinds of writing:

• Problem-and-solution essay• Editorial• Persuasive essay• Business letter• Memo

• Make a comparison-and-contrast chart

It is useful for writing a:

• Comparative analysis of two products• Proposal• Letter to the editor

• Make a venn diagram It’s another way to compare and contrast two

things.• Make a flow chart It can be used to write:• Process analysis• Cause-and-effect essay• How-to essay• Research report• Proposal• Technical description

• Make a problem-and-solution chart It can be used to write:• Problem-and-solution essay• Persuasive essay• Business letter• Proposal• Memo