Summary

Turning a paragraph into an essay involves developing ideas and adding details to make the finished work more broad and interesting.

Using examples to illustrate a point or clarify an idea is the heart of all writing, so you will find examples used in all patterns of development.

The key to any division and classification writing is identifying and using an appropriate single organizing principle.

When we speculate as to the reasons and outcomes of an event, we are dealing with the process of cause and effect.

Process analysis writing tells the reader how to perform an activity or helps him or her understand it.

The process of discovering and exploring the similarities and differences between people, ideas and things is done in comparison/contrast writing.

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