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College Writing Skills, Media Edition, 5/e
John Langan, Atlantic Community College
Introduction to Essay Development

Learning Objectives


This chapter will introduce the nine major patterns of essay development:

  • description
  • narration
  • examples
  • process
  • cause and effect
  • comparison and contrast
  • definition
  • division and classification
  • argumentation








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