PATTERNS

OF TEXT
DEVELOPMENT
1. I can analyze the organizational structure of narration,
description, definition, exemplification, classification, comparison
and contrast, cause and effect, problem solution, and persuasion
texts;
2. Analyze the language forms used in each organizational pattern;
3. Analyze the context that affects the choice of text development;
4. Plan, write, revise and edit different rhetorical patterns to meet
the needs of the interested readers.

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MIX &
MATCH THE OPTIONS IN THE BOX
WITH THE ORGANIZATIONAL METHOD.

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1. Headaches can be classified into
four types. A. Comparison
2. There are similarities between the
symptoms of dengue fever B. Classification
and the flu.
3. This new tablet has several C. Description
powerful features.
4. The word bad has different shades D. Cause/Effect
of meaning.
E. Definition
5. Alliteracy is caused by several
factors.

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 NARRATION
A type of text pattern that utilizes time
elements and connectors to show
logical and chronological events that
had taken place.

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 Signal words
About Before immediately
After During first
Afterwards Eventually
As soon as Finally,
At this point

In the mean time

Prior to till
Later presently
Second today
Meanwhile
Next next week Soon tomorrow
Then yesterday
 EXAMPLES
November 21, 2018 April 25, 2016
Dear Diary, Two missing teenagers were found on
I finally had the chance to Mount Apo after they were reported
say hi to him. It was a total rush of missing last week. They lost contact and
emotions! wandered for many days.

Dear Manager Litton,

This report is divided into three parts: before
departure, during field investigation, and during
the consolidation process.
 FTTM
#FilipinoTweetsThatMatter

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DESCRIPTION
Description can be used to help readers
visualize a person, a place, a phenomenon,
an event or an object. It is used to sell, to
warn, to inform, to instruct, or to evoke a
certain emotion.

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1. Slim digital camera has 16 megapixel and
weighs 100 grams only. It is only Php
5,000.
2. Barbara Puno has been missing since June.
She was last seen wearing a white t-
shirt and black jeans. She is about 100
lbs. and she is 5ft tall.
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3. T-rex bones excavated in 1980. T-rex had sharp
teeth probably used to devour animals.
4. SARS or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
has the following symptoms: High fever,
severe coughing, and general malaise. Once
you suspect a patient has symptoms,
transfer him or her to the isolation room.
For strict compliance.
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5. Our vacation in Boracay was really relaxing.
The powdery white sand was never hot
despite the noonday heat. The water
was crystal clear and inviting. I hope you
can join us next time.

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× × 3.
1.2.Good
Gooddescriptive
Good descriptivewriting
descriptive writingincludes
writing often
uses makes
many use
precise vividof
figurative
language.
sensory language
General
details such as
adjectives,
that paint analogies,
andsimiles,
nouns,and
a picture appeal
and
to all metaphors
passive verbs
of the to help
do not
reader's havepaint
sensesa of the in
place picture
sight, good in the
hearing,
reader's
descriptive
touch, mind.
smell writing. Usewhen
and taste specific adjectives and
appropriate.
nouns, and strong
Descriptive writingaction verbs
may also to give
paint life toof
pictures
the picture
feelingsyou
the are painting
person, placeinor
the reader's
thing invokes
mind.
in the writer.

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 1. She went home in a bad mood.

2. She stomped home, hands jammed in

her pockets, angrily kicking rocks,
dogs, small children, and anything
else that crossed her path.
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DEFINITION
Understanding the essence of a word, an idea, a
concept, or an expression. The main purpose of
defining is to give information to the reader as to
what the author intends to explain.

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× DENOTATION × CONNOTATION
- explicit or literal - how people understand a
definition. word based on their
Definition own personal or
coming from the consensual
dictionary. experiences.

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1. Scientific 2.Subjective
definition definition
-defines concepts -defines the
in the most
factual way.
objects in a more
personal way

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1. Characteristics or features
2. Function
3. Effect
4. Origin

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ANALYSIS COLLOCATION COMPARISON
- breaking down a - Immediate - Association of two
concept into its association of things not necessarily
constituent parts. concepts close to the synonymous with each
meaning other.
CONTRASTING ETYMOLOGY EXEMPLIFICATION
- understanding how - It explains the history - Defining a word by
two different concepts and the evolution of a giving examples
are different from each word.
other

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EXTENDED DEFINITION FUNCTION
- Personal interpretation of an author - Understanding the meaning of a
to an abstract and multifaceted word through knowing its purpose.
concept.

NEGATION SYNONYMS
- define a word or concept by - Single word or phrase that share
explaining what it’s not. almost the same meaning with the
concept you are trying to define.

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 Signal words
Is defined as Means
As defined
Refers to

To define
To illustrate
LOWKEY (adj)

Definition (Connotation) – paragraph form

??????
Use it in a sentence

Who uses it?

Where did it originate from?

2020
Why do we consider it as the word of the year?

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 COMPARISON
AND CONTRAST
allows us to evaluate properly, thus
making our decision process easier.

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 There
To are two ways
show similarities to organize
To show differences

your comparison andHowever

Likewise contrast
Similarity paragraph.
On the other hand

Point-by-point
In 1.the same way Format.
Unlike

Also
2. Block Format
On the contrary

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 CAUSE
AND EFFECT
Indicates what started a phenomenon
or states the effects of it.

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Signal words(cause)
As,
because (of the fact)
for
Being that For the reason that
Due to(the fact that) In that
In view of (the fact)
Inasmuch as
One reason
 Signal words(effect)
Accordingly
As a consequence
Consequently
As a result (of this) For this reason
Because(of this) Hence
So that in consequence
Therefor so much
Thus so
 Cause to Effect Effect to Cause
Results in Owing to
Leads to Due to
One effect Consequently
For that reason Since
Hence, thus, therefore Because of

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 PROBLEM
SOLUTION
Organizes ideas into problems and
proposed solutions

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 So there I was standing with no car, no shoes, no
phone, and absolutely no one to ask help from.
What else are you going to do when stranded at the
side of a desert road with the nearest town not for
another eleven miles. You hoof it, of course. And
well, seeing how I had no choice, I decided that
going somewhere was better than standing there
under the boiling sun and preparing to die. So walk
I did. It was just eleven miles, how bad could it be?

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 Signal words
But
First, second
Nonetheless
One reason for
One way is
One solution is
The problem
The solution
PERSUASION

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× Persuasion becomes effective when it is
context-specific. Just like ads targeting
a specific demographics or groups of
people, persuading others should focus
not only on your needs but also the
needs of the people you need to
persuade.
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