7.3: Using Common Organizing Patterns
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Categorical/Topical
Specific Purpose | To explain the different aspect of attending a four-year university. |
Main Points | I. Life in the dorms |
II. Life in the classroom | |
III. Life on campus |
Specific Purpose | To inform a group of parents about the different types of COVID vaccines they can give their children. |
Main Points | I. Describe Moderna vaccine and FDA's approval groups. |
II. Describe the Pfizer vaccine and which age groups the FDA has given approval for. | |
III. Describe the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and the age groups the FDA has approved to take this vaccine. |
Comparison/Contrast
Specific Purpose | To inform a group of physicians about Drug X, a newer drug with similar applications to Drug Y |
Main Points | I. Show how Drug X and Drug Y are similar. |
II. Show how Drug X and Drug Y differ. | |
Specific Purpose | To inform a group of physicians about Drug X, a newer drug with similar applications to Drug Y |
Main Points | I. Explain the basic purpose and use of both Drug X and Drug Y. |
II. Show how Drug X and Drug Y are similar. | |
III. Show how Drug X and Drug Y differ. |
Spatial
Specific Purpose | To explain the different physical aspects of an ofrenda. |
Main Points | I. Explain the importance of the deceased's picture to the alter. |
II. Identify where candles are located on the ofrenda and the purpose of the candles. | |
III. Explain the relevance of the food items to the deceased and the ofrenda. | |
IV. Describe the location of the flowers and their purpose to the ofrenda. |
Specific Purpose | To inform a group of history students about the states that seceded from the United States during the Civil War. |
Main Points | I. Locate and describe the Confederate states just below the Mason-Dixon Line (Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee). |
II. Locate and describe the Confederate states in the deep South (South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida). | |
III. Locate and describe the western Confederate states (Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas). |
Chronological
Specific Purpose | To inform my audience about the books written by Winston Churchill |
Main Points | I. Examine the style and content of Winston Churchill’s writings prior to World War II. |
II. Examine the style and content of Winston Churchill’s writings during World War II. | |
III. Examine the style and content of Winston Churchill’s writings after World War II. |
Biographical
Specific Purpose | To inform my audience about the early life of Marilyn Manson |
Main Points | I. Describe Brian Hugh Warner’s early life and the beginning of his feud with Christianity. |
II. Describe Warner’s stint as a music journalist in Florida. | |
III. Describe Warner’s decision to create Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids. |
Causal
Specific Purpose | To inform local voters about the problem of domestic violence in our city |
Main Points | I. Explain that there are significantly more arrests for domestic violence in our city than in cities of comparable size in our state. |
II. List possible causes for the difference, which may be unrelated to the actual amount of domestic violence. |
Problem-Cause-Solution
Specific Purpose | To persuade a civic group to support a citywide curfew for individuals under the age of eighteen |
Main Points | I. Demonstrate that vandalism and violence among youth is having a negative effect on our community. |
II. Show how vandalism and violence among youth go up after 10:00 p.m. in our community. | |
III. Explain how instituting a mandatory curfew at 10:00 p.m. would reduce vandalism and violence within our community. |