Methods of Development Note

Question 1

Narration or Chronological Order:

Answer 1

Use storytelling as a technique to illustrate a point
Transition Devices:
next; later; the following Tuesday; afterwards; by noon; when she had finally digested the giant burrito; as soon as; in 1998, then, a few hours later, still later, that Wednesday, when she was seventeen, before the sun rose, that April

Question 2

2. Spatial Order:

Answer 2

Items are arranged according to their physical position or relationships
Transition Devices:
just to the right, a little further on, to the south of Memphis, a few feet behind, in New Mexico, turning left on the pathway, and so on

Question 3

3. Compare/Contrast

Answer 3

Transition Devices:
similarly, in contrast, in addition, although, however, likewise, in the same way, still, on the other hand, rather, instead

Question 4

4. Climactic Order

Answer 4

items are arranged from least important to most important
TD:
importantly, most difficult, still harder, by far the most expensive, even more damaging, worse yet, best of all, even more painful, etc

Question 5

Classification

Answer 5

distinct groupings and then labeling each new group.
TD:
the next, the first/second, use of genres/styles as labels

Question 6

6. Problem & Solution

Answer 6

items are organized through the detailing a problem followed by a solution

Question 7

7. Process or Sequential Order

Answer 7

items are arranged based on how something is done or how something happens

Question 8

8. Cause and Effect

Answer 8

shows how one situation or event causes another

Question 9

9. Analogy

Answer 9

compares two things, using one to explain the other