FEU CAVITE

Senior High School Department

English for Academic and Professional

Purposes
General rhetorical patterns and organization
of ideas in academic and professional texts
General rhetorical patterns and
organization of ideas in academic and
professional texts

1. ENUMERATION – DESCRIPTION
- it provides list of details about a subject
without any cause-effect or time
relationship among them.

Keywords: for example, for instance, etc.

2. TIME SEQUENCE
- This type of structure is similar to
enumeration; however, time order is
specified.

Keywords: after, first, finally, second,

dates, afterward, and then, tomorrow,
then, later, third, before, earlier, etc.
3. COMPARISON – CONTRAST
- This type of structure presents
differences and/or similarities

Keywords: although, similar, different,

however, but, on the one hand, on the
other hand
3. PROBLEM – SOLUTION
- A statement of problem is followed by a
possible solution or series of solutions.

Keywords: problem, solution, etc.

4. CAUSE – EFFECT
- An effect is presented along with a
single cause or a series of causes.

Keywords: because, therefore, thus, for

this reason,
cause, since, effect, consequently,
as a result
Activity
Activity
Watch the Video: ANG SUGAT NA DI NAGHIHILOM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGNVXgFAmq8&t=354s
Answer:
What is the Situation?
What is the Problem?
What can be a good solution that you can give?
Evaluation the solution that you gave. What are its good points/ how
about points for improvement.
Do Task 4
Thank you!