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Lennon-McCartney, 1968

METHODOFPARAGRAPHDEVELOPMENT

LANGUAGE

MODE OFr-- DISCOURSE

PATTERN OFPARAGRAPHORGANIZATION

oWHAT IS THE AUTHOR'SPURPOSE?

• WHAT METHOD DOES THEAUTHOR USE TO DEVELOP THEIDEA?

oHOW DOES THE AUTHORARRANGE THE IDEAS IN APARAGRAPH?

• HOW DOES THE AUTHORMANIPULATE OUREMOTIONS/ATTITUDES?

oHOW DOES THE AUTHORUTILIZE "LOADED LANGUAGE"TO SELL A POINT OF VIEW?

The mode of discourse is the style of writingan author uses to establish the purpose.

sensory details usedto paint a picture

to inform orexplain/factual

subjectiveopinion of authorused to convince

e METHOD OF PARAGRAPHDEVELOPMENT

-- example and illustration: generalstatement of the author is supported byspecific examples or a longer illustration

-- process:directive process - the author

explains steps - in chronological order

informative process - theauthor describes how something works orhow something came about

-- compare and contrast: the authorexplains similarities and differencesbetween two like or unrelated things

-- definition: the author uses this inconjunction with some other method inorder to clarify a term

eMETHOD OF PARAGRAPHDEVELOPMENT

- analysis and classification: bothused by the author to take apart a largersubject and examine separate parts

- cause and effect: the author usesreasons to explain events, problems, or.Issues

- analogy: the author uses animaginative comparison between two unlikethings

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The author develops the main idea andsupport for the main idea with the method ofparagraph development.

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The pattern of organization is the way the authorarranges the ideas in a paragraph.

Ireader may infermain idea fromsupporting details

the arrangementof things in anenvironment

Ithe time orderin which eventsoccur

main idea tosupportingdetails

supportingdetails ./least important tomost imnortant

Tone refers to the feeling, mood, oremotional quality of a piece of writing. In .addition to the choice of language, a writermay use wit, irony, satire, cynicism, orsarcasm to elicit a certain emotion.

incongruitybetween theexpected andwhat actually

uses irony andsarcasm to makefun of or ridicule

.a comIC orhumorous

distrust formotives of others

a form of wit intended to taunt orwound

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Authors manipulate the language of the text. Theauthor's choice of words suggests certain ideas,feelings, and attitudes.

SUGGESTIONS AWORD COVEYS-POSITIVE ORNEGATIVE

USESMETAPHORSAND SIMILES TOCOMPARE TWOUNLIKE THINGS

WEASELWORDS

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