RAWS Reviewer

PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT IN WRITING

1. Narration
- Is a basic strategy used by writers in presenting action. It 4. Mechanics - Is the over-all characteristics of the written
tells a story or explains a sequence of events.
2. Description It translates your experience of a person,
place, or thing into words, often by appealing to the physical
senses.
3. Definition explains not just what something means or is,
but also what something does, what something is used for,
what something looks like.
4. Classification and Division are related methods for
organizing objects or information. In division, we divide a
general category of things into smaller subcategories.
◦ Classification sometimes refers to a ranking system
by which things or persons are evaluated.
text. It focuses on the technicalities of the structure.
CLAIMS
Claim is a statement that states the purpose of the
argument.
THREE TYPES OF CLAIMS
Claim of Fact: describes how things were in the past, how
things are in the present, and how they will be in the future.
It declares that something has existed, does exist, or will
exist. It debates on whether the statement is “true or
false”.

Classification paragraphs can be organized using an official
or personal classification.
5. Exemplification means to provide examples about
something.
6. Comparison shows how two or more things are similar.
Contrast shows how two or more things are different.
7. Cause and Effect explains the causes and effects of a
particular problem.
8. Problem-Solution format is a method for analyzing and
writing about a topic by identifying a problem and proposing
one or more solutions.
9. The purpose of Persuasion in writing is to convince,
motivate, encourage, or move readers toward a certain point
of view, or opinion.
Properties of well-written text
Example: The oldest known disease in the world is leprosy.
The Spanish colonizers were the first to visit and
colonize Philippines.
Claim of Value: states opinions on people, events, and
things as either good or bad.
Example: Teachers deserve to earn more money.
It is immoral to participate in voluntary suicide.
Claim of Policy: It is something should or ought to be done.
It states whether something should or shouldn’t be done.
Example: Texting while driving must be an offense
punishable by jail time.
All students in middle school should wear school
uniforms.

1. Organization- is achieved when these ideas are logically
and accurately arranged.
2. Cohesion - is the connection of the sentences and ideas in
your text. for example, words, phrases used in one statement
must stick together or lead to the flow of ideas in the
succeeding statements.
Coherence - is the overall understandability of what you
say or write. it refers to the logic of ideas and how such ideas
are presented, rather than the language used to explain, or
express them.
Context of Text Development
Context refers to the social, cultural, political, historical, and
other related factors that surround a text.
Intertext - it happens when an author borrows or cites an
idea from another text. The text cited contains a context
which was also borrowed from other texts.
Intertextuality - is a dialogue among different texts and
interpretations of the writer, reader, and context.

Arrangement of Details Hypertext - Is related with the manner of reading a text

1. Chronological Order - arranged in the order in online. It is text on a computer screen or other electronic
which they happened. devices with references (hyperlink) to other text which the
2. Spatial Order – arranged according to reader can immediately access. This information appears as
geographical location. links and is usually accessed by clicking.
3. Emphatic Order – arranged to emphasize certain
points depending on the writer’s purpose. Example:
3. Language Use -Is one of the clearest indicators of a well
written text. It enables writers to effectively communicate
ideas without confusing the reader.
Levels
1. Informal/Personal – slang, local expressions, text
messaging

2. Standard/Academic - widely accepted words and

phrases found in books, magazines, and
newspapers

3. Business/Technical – Scientific terms, jargons,

and special expressions