Generating Ideas with Visuals and Paragraphing Control
After rechecking the assignment’s directions (for audience, purpose, any content requirements, format needs, etc.), use the five main organizational patterns (for body paragraphs) to generate and plan ideas. Note how the following table could break down ideas from the previous one:
Classification What specific problems, effects, and solutions exist?
Illustration
What examples show one specific problem, effect, or solution?
Compare-contrast Are any of the problems, effects, or solutions contrasting ideas? Maybe one solution would be costly, another cheap.
Process What specific process exists? Maybe the effects would lead from one to another.
Cause-effect What reasons explain a problem or solution?