Organizational Techniques

Basic Essay

1. Graphic Organizers

procedure or chain of events. 1. Chronologically Represents steps in a procedure or chain of events. -Narrating an event -Showing development of an idea This pattern is marked by such transitions as: the following morning, a few hours later, that Wednesday, by noon, when she was seventeen, before the sun rose, that April, and so on.

Describing a place, scene, or person’s appearance 2. Spatial Describing a place, scene, or person’s appearance Illustrate the detail, think 5 senses Physical Characteristics Human Characteristics Insider Point of View Outsider

- Breaking the topic into parts and subparts 3. Classifying - Breaking the topic into parts and subparts -Sometimes called an extended definition (determining the core of a subject by examining its parts)

4. Drawing Conclusions -Determining how something came to be or a chain of events that leads you to a conclusion

5. Compare-Contrast - Uncovers differences & similarities between two subjects or points of view

then develops a series of shorter examples to illustrate the concept 6. Main Idea- Detail Begins with a main idea, then develops a series of shorter examples to illustrate the concept

Effects= the outcome/results Cause-Effect Cause= then reason Effects= the outcome/results

Each group- find a window… Design a graphic organizer for an essay on: Graphic Organizers 6 groups total: Each group- find a window… Design a graphic organizer for an essay on: ____________________________