#1.3 : Modes and Patterns of Paragraph Development (Part 1) Flashcards
The first mode is the art of story-telling ; creating a world based on the writer’s imagination and memory.
Narration
Characteristic that the narration should use powerful, dynamic, and moving words to have a meaningful story.
vivid description of details
Characteristic that the narration should make clear to the reader whether the story has happened, is happening, or will happen.
consistent verb tense
Characteristic that the narration should use a theme because the story will revolve around it.
well-defined point or significance
3 points of view
First-person, Second-person, and Third-person
Characteristic that the narration should use techniques that enrich the meaning of the story.
Narrative Devices
Narrative device that can be an amusing story or real experience from the author’s memory.
Anecdote
Narrative device that is injected in a scene to go back in time.
Flashback
Narrative device that highlights a single event or situation.
Time stretch
Narrative device that jams multiple events.
Time summary
Narrative device that is injected in a scene to go forward from the current point of the story.
Flash-forward
Narrative device that signals the characters’ spoken language.
Dialogue
Second mode that aims to make a vivid description of an idea, object, location, etc. to firmly set its appearance and visualize it.
Description
Use of ________ is very important in description.
adjective
3 characteristics of descriptions
It has a clear focus and sense of purpose, it uses sensory details and precise words, and it presents details in a logical order.
2 varieties of description and their difference
Objective description is a literal characteristics of the idea, and subjective description is based on personal emotions, perceptions, etc.
Third mode that understands the essence of a word, term, idea, or concept. It controls the meaning and scope of terms by working generalizations to specific terms/concepts.
Definition
2 concepts of definition and their difference
Denotation represents the literal meaning of the concept from the dictionary, and Connotation is based on personal impression, perspective, experience from context.
Technique of definition that enumerates the constituent parts of the concept.
Analysis
Technique of definition that are words/experessions which are almost associated with the concept.
Collocation
Technique of definition that makes abstract concept more understandable by comparing an idea to another.
Comparison
Technique of definition that is the origin of the word.
Etymology
Technique of definition that defines by giving example or elaboration.
Exemplification/Illustration
Technique of definition that is the personal interpretation of the author.
Extended Definition
Technique of definition that explains the purpose of the concept.
Function
Technique of definition that explains the word by what is not.
Negation
Technique of definition that understands how similar concepts are different.
Contrast
Technique of definition that are words with the same meaning with the concept.
Synonyms
Fourth mode with the main purpose is to give examples to better understand the concept.
Exemplification/Classification
The fourth mode makes the abstract examples into _____ examples.
concrete
Technique of Exemplification/Classification that uses concepts, ideas, or statements which are assumed to be real or existing.
Facts
Technique of Exemplification/Classification that makes use of description and appeals to the sensory senses.
Observations
Technique of Exemplification/Classification that is a brief narrative within a piece of writing because it is based on the own experience of the author.
Anecdote
Technique of Exemplification/Classification that highlights the important parts of the argument.
Details
