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Patterns of Organization
Argumentative Writing
Informative Writing
Author's
Speech
100
Ordering by time
What is Chronological Order?
100
Writer’s position or opinion
What is a Claim?
100
Statement that can be proved
What is a Fact?
100
The reason the author wrote a particular piece
What is Author's Purpose?
100
Words that characters say.
What is Dialogue?
200
The analysis of similarities and differences
What is Compare and Contrast?
200
A claim supported by reasons and evidence
What is an Argument?
200
The most important idea about a topic a writer conveys
What is the Central Idea?
200
Statement of belief or feeling
What is Opinion?
200
A speech given by one actor directed to another character
What is a Monologue?
300
The relationship between events and their causes
What is Cause and Effect?
300
Responses to differing opinions
Counterclaim (Counterargument)
300
Examples, facts, statistics, and anecdotes that provide a basis for the central idea.
What are Supporting Details?
300
Who the author chooses to tell a story
What is the Narrator?
300
A Speech given by a character alone on a stage
What is a Soliloquy?
400
The ordering of information in a step-by-step process
What is Sequential Order?
400
Two things writers need to support the claim
What are Reasons and Evidence?
400
Elements of a text that help organize or bring attention to important information (ex. Heading, Graphic Aid)
What are Text Features?
400
The author's choice of narrator (a character in the story or other storyteller)
What is Point of View?
400
Who the author is directing the writing towards
What is the Audience?
500
Arrangement of details according to their physical placement
What is Spatial Order?
500
To give credit to another author and avoid plagiarism
What is Citing Evidence (or Citation)?
500
An idea or point the author wishes to convey
What is the Message?
500
The ideas, feelings and beliefs that an author that influences how the author views a topic
What is Author's Perspective?
500
Form of language that is spoken in a particular place by a particular group of people
What is Dialect?