2021年1月23日发(作者：clumsy)
Identifying Organizational Patterns

段落组织模式


When you are trying to comprehend a passage or an essay it is helpful to
examine
how
the
author
arranges
the
sentences
to
convey
his/her
message.
Authors want readers to comprehend the message and ideas in a passage,
so
they
will
organize
the
information
in
a
way
to
make
it
clear
and
easily
understood. This method of organizing and arranging sentences within an
essay
or
passage
is
referred
to
as
an

pattern.
Organizational patterns are the way authors arrange and organize their
text.


I. Patterns that List

II. Patterns that Explain

III. Patterns that Analyze



Identifying Organizational Patterns

I. Patterns that List


1; Simple listing

In
this
pattern,
the
author
presents
facts,
detail,
examples,
cases,
ideas,
and other support in list form. This organizational pattern resembles a
grocery
list,
since
it
contains
items
that
are
not
in
any
particular
order.
It
is
very
important
to
remember
that
in
the
simple
listing
organizational
pattern the
order
of the items is
not important for
the author's meaning
or argument to be understood.

2; Order of importance


In this pattern, the details and examples of the passage are presented
in a very specific
order. The
author
organizes the details
either so the
most important detail comes first or last, depending upon the author's
writing technique and style.
• Time order

This
pattern
is
also
referred
to
as

order.
In
this
pattern,
the author presents the events of a story or the details of a passage in
the order in which they occurred in time.

3; Sequence/Process


In
this
pattern,
the
author
presents
a
list
of
details
in
a
very
specific
order.
Unlike
the

of
importance
organizational
pattern,
the
sequence/process pattern relies on the presentation of events, stages,
or steps that must occur in a specific and definite order for the reader
to
properly
comprehend
the
information.
The
sequence/process
organizational
pattern
is
commonly
thought
of
as
the

pattern,
since it is often used by authors to describe the detailed steps needed
to
complete
a
task.
This
organizational
pattern
may
also
be
used
by
authors
to explain processes that change over time, as in Psychology texts that
refer to childhood development stages.

4; Spatial/Place Order


In this pattern, the author describes the location of items in relation
to
each
other
and
to
a
larger
context.
In
spatial/place
order
organizational
patterns,
the
author
creates
a
visual
picture
that
permits
you to 'see' where various details exist in relation to other details.
For example, when an author introduces you to a setting in a novel by
describing the main house in the novel, its exact location in the yard,
the
location
of
specific
trees,
and
the
position
of
a
favorite
tree
swing,
the author is using spatial/place order.

5; Summary


In
this
pattern,
the author
condenses
the
important
points
from
a
longer
selection
or
essay.
A
summary
organizational
pattern
can
be
used
in
a
brief
or
lengthy
summary
passage,
depending
upon
density
of
the
original
material being summarized and the author's writing style.


Identifying Organizational Patterns

II. Patterns that Explain