 |  Opening Doors: Understanding College Reading, 3/e Joe Cortina,
Richland College
Janet Elder,
Richland College
Recognizing Authors Writing Patterns
Glossary
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Ways authors organize the information they present.
Writing patterns are also known as organizational patterns, patterns of development, rhetorical patterns and thinking patterns.
| | | | | List pattern:
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A group of items presented in no specific order since the order is unimportant.
The list pattern is also known as listing pattern.
| | | | | Sequence pattern:
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A list of items presented in a specific order because the order is important.
The sequence pattern is also known as time order, chronological order, a process, or a series.
| | | | | Definition pattern:
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Pattern presenting the meaning of an important term discussed throughout a passage.
| | | | | Comparison-contrast pattern:
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Similarities (comparisons) between two or more things are presented, differences (contrasts) between two or more things are presented, or both similarities and differences are presented.
The comparison-contrast pattern is also known as ideas in opposition.
| | | | | Cause-effect pattern:
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Reasons (causes) and results (effects) of events or conditions are presented.
| | | | | Mixed pattern:
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Combination of two or more writing patterns in the same paragraph or passage.
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education