Thought Patterns
This thought pattern generally shows a chain of events. The actions or events are listed in the order that they occur. This is called chronological order.
Time Pattern
This is the author's controlling point.
Main Idea
After, afterward, as, before, currently, during, eventually, finally, first, in the end, last, later, meanwhile, next, now, often, over time, previously, second, since, soon, then, ultimately, until, when, while are all transition examples of what kind of thought pattern?
Time Order - Narration: Chain of Events
Sometimes an author talks about why something happened or what results came from an event. Name the thought pattern.
Cause-and-effect
Widespread
Pervasive
This thought pattern is used when the author wants to show a series of reasons, details, or points that support the main idea.
Listing Thought Pattern
This is the subject that a passage is about.
Topic
After, afterward, as, before, currently, during, eventually, finally, first, last, later, meanwhile, next, now, often, previously, second, since, soon, then, ultimately, until, when, while are all transition examples of what thought process?
Process: Steps, Stages, or Directions
When a new word is present, sometimes authors use this kind of thought pattern.
Definition-and-Example
A Journey
Expedition
This thought pattern, also under the time pattern, shows steps and directions to a task using time order.
Process: Steps, Stages, or Directions
This is established by using transitions to show the logical relationship between ideas in a paragraph or passage
Thought Pattern
Above, across, adjacent, around, at the bottom, at the side, at the top, back, back up, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, by, center, close to, down are transition examples of what thought pattern?
Space Order
This kind of thought pattern shows how two things are similar or different.
Comparison-and-Contrast
Word Choice
Diction
This thought pattern allows authors to describe a person, place, or thing based on its location or the way it is arranged in space.
Space Order Pattern
These are words and phrases that signal thought patterns by showing the logical relationships of ideas within a sentence and between sentences
Transitions
Also, and, another, as well as, besides, final, finally, first, first of all, for one thing, furthermore, in addition, last, moreover, next, one, second, third are transition examples used in what thought pattern?
Listing Pattern
These words and phrases, As an illustration, for example, for instance, including, once, such as, to illustrate, typically introduce what?
Examples
Mutually Beneficial
Symbiotic
This thought pattern sorts ideas into smaller groups and describes the trait of each group.
Classification Thought Process
These are specific ideas that develop, explain, support, or illustrate the main idea or controlling point.
Supporting Details
Another (group, kind, type), categories, characteristics, class, first (group, kind, type), order, second (group, kind, type), traits are transition examples used in what thought pattern?
Classification
In this thought pattern, the author makes a general statement and then offers this or a series of these to clarify
Generalization-and-Example
Theme
Motif