tailieunhanh - Write better essays in just 20 minutes a day part 7

Whether you have to write an essay in class, during a test, or for any type of application, getting down to the business of writing means focusing on these three things. This chap¬ter deals with organization. When you begin your essay with organization. | LESSON 7 More Organizational Strategies LESSON SUMMARY This lesson describes four more organizational strategies for essays analysis classification order of importance comparison and contrast and problem solution. In the previous lesson you learned ways to organize ideas according to time and space. Now you ll examine four additional principles of organization 1. analysis classification 2. order of importance 3. comparison and contrast 4. problem solution Analysis Classification Some essays are best organized by arranging ideas items or events by their characteristics or functions. The following assignment is broad enough to describe many different strategies. 57 ---------------------------- MORE ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIES -------------------------------------------- Plants and animals protect themselves in many different ways. Describe the various strategies organisms have developed for protection. It makes sense to group similar strategies together and organize your essay by type classification . A formal outline to address the assignment might look like this I. Appearance A. camouflage 1. moths 2. flounder 3. walking stick B. warning colors 1. monarch butterfly 2. coral snake 3. South American poisonous frog C. mimicry 1. king snake resembling coral snake 2. swallowtail butterfly larva resembling snake 3. snowberry fly resembling jumping spider II. Chemicals A. smoke 1. squid 2. octopus B. smells 1. skunks 2. others C. poisons 1. spiders 2. snakes 3. bombardier beetles III. Armor A. spikes thorns 1. roses and thistles 2. sea urchins 3. porcupines B. shells hard coverings 1. nuts 2. beetles 3. turtles 58 --------------------------- MORE ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIES ------------------------------------------ Notice how the protective strategies are first classified into three categories appearance chemicals and armor. Each of these categories is then further classified for analysis. Appearance for example is broken down into three types of protection strategies .