Reading and Writing Skills

This adheres to broad conventions and rules which determine the language

and structure used, and relays or communicates non-interactively.

• Conversation

• Discourse

• Message

• Text

This is a spoken conversation or reader’s interaction with the text.

• Conversation

• Discourse

• Message

• Text

A text becomes a connected discourse when we ______________.

• listen

• read

• talk

• write

This is a pattern of development that is used to give details about the subject’s

appearance or characteristics.

• Compare and Contrast

• Definition

• Description

• Exemplification

This is a pattern of development that is used to recall a set of events that is arranged

chronologically.

• Definition

• Description

• Narration

• Persuasion

This is the pattern of development that seeks to identify the similarities and

differences of two subjects.

• Cause and Effect.

• Compare and Contrast

• Description

• Exemplification

This pattern is designed to compel the reader to make change in opinion or

behavior by establishing that a problem exists, then providing a solution.

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Definition

• Problem - Solution

This is a pattern of development that writers use to present their ideas through

reason and logic, in order to influence the audience.

• Classification

• Definition

• Exemplification

• Persuasion

This is a pattern of development that identifies a term and sets it apart from

all other terms that may be related to it.

• Classification

• Definition

• Exemplification

• Persuasion

This pattern provides examples and illustrations in order to further clarify

or explain the concept or subject matter.

• Classification

• Definition

• Exemplification

• Persuasion