Organizational Patterns

They show the relationships between supporting details in paragraphs, essays and chapters.

• Sentences

• Verbs

• Organizational patterns

• Subjects

Organizational Patterns

• help the author to organize his or her ideas in a way that makes sense

• help to check verbs

• help you to learn English

• help you to skim a text

Organizational Patterns can be identified by "signal words"

• true

• false

It describes the order in which things are done or how things work

• definition

• order of importance

• classification

• process

It explains the meaning of new words or phrases

• chronological order

• definition

• process

• order of importance

It divides a topic into parts based on shared characteristics

• definition

• classification

• process

• chronological order

It describes the sequence in which events occur in time

• definition

• cause and effect

• clarification

• chronological order

It describes ideas in order of priority or preference

• spatial order

• comparison and contrast

• order of importance

• definition

It describes physical location or position in space.

• process

• spatial order

• cause and effect

• enumeration

it describes how one or more things cause or are related to another.

• definition

• order of importance

• cause and effect

• listing