{"id":313,"date":"2019-07-01T19:44:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T19:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/scholarlywriting\/?post_type=chapter&p=313"},"modified":"2019-10-07T22:05:31","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T22:05:31","slug":"patterns-of-organization-and-methods-of-development","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/scholarlywriting\/chapter\/patterns-of-organization-and-methods-of-development\/","title":{"raw":"Patterns of Organization and Methods of Development","rendered":"Patterns of Organization and Methods of Development"},"content":{"raw":"

Patterns of organization can help readers follow the ideas<\/strong> within your writing and also work as methods of development to help you recognize and further develop ideas and relationships in your writing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

General to specific or specific to general<\/h2>\r\n

It might be useful to organize your topic like a triangle. In Figure 7.5<\/b>, the arrow on the left side of the triangle represents starting with the most general, big-picture information first, and then later moving to more detailed and more personal information. The arrow on the right side of the triangle represents starting with the specific information first and then moving to the more global, big-picture stuff. The triangle is a general guide, and you can move around within it. For example, each paragraph might be its own triangle, starting with the general or specific and moving out or in. However, if you begin your paper very broadly, it might be effective to end it in a more specific, personal way. If you begin your paper with a personal story, consider ending by touching on the global impact and importance of your topic.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\"Visual<\/a>\r\n\r\nFigure 7.5: <\/strong>Organizing topic like a triangle\r\n

Other ways to organize ideas<\/h2>\r\nInstead of organizing ideas based on whether they are broad or specific, you could organize them using one of the following ways:\r\n