TECHNIQUES

IN
ORGANIZING
INFORMATION
TECHNIQUE
 What is the difference
between TECHNIQUE and
STRATEGY?
TECHNIQUES

- approaches or methods
you as a writer may use to
organize the information you
have gathered, to accomplish
your desired aim in writing
and to improve your writing
craft.
THREE (3) BASIC
TECHNIQUES
A. BRAINSTORMING

- a group activity technique

by which efforts are made to
find a conclusion for a specific
problem by gathering a list of
ideas spontaneously
contributed by its members.
 FOUR (4)
BRAINSTORMING
TECHNIQUES
1. CUBING

- a topic or idea is examined in six

viewpoints:

a. What is the topic?

b. What is it like or unlike?
c. What does it make you think of?
d. What constituent part is it made of?
e. How can it be used?
f. How can you support or oppose it?
2. FREE WRITING

- in this technique, you just keep on

writing and not minding errors in
spelling or grammar.
3. LISTING

- if your intention is to come up

with topics to write about, enumerate
them.
4. MAPPING

- a graphic form of listing that

simply involves jotting down ideas on a
large writing surface and then making
connections by associating similarly
themed ideas.
B. GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

- a communication tool that

uses visual symbols to express
knowledge, concepts,
thoughts, or ideas, and the
relationships between them.
 TYPES
OF
GRAPHIC
ORGANIZERS
1. CONCEPT MAPS

- graphically illustrate
relationships between two or
more concepts and are linked
by words to describe their
relationship.
2. WEBS

- show how different

categories of information
relate to one another.
3. MIND MAPS

- are visual representations of

hierarchical information that
include a central idea or image
surrounded by connected
branches of associated topics or
ideas.
4. FLOW DIAGRAM /
SEQUENCE CHART

- shows a series of steps or

events in the order in which they
take place.
5. VENN DIAGRAM

- used to identify similarities

and differences between two or
more concepts.
6. ORGANIZATIONAL CHART/
DIAGRAM

- a chart or diagram that shows

the structure of an organization.
7. PIE CHART

- a type of circular graph which

is divided into slices to illustrate a
numerical proportion.
8. GRAPH

- a collection of all points

whose coordinates satisfy a given
relation.
a. Line Graph
Example:
b. Bar Graph
Example:
9. TABLE

- a systematic arrangement of
data usually in rows and columns
for ready reference.
C. OUTLINE

- the general plan of what

you intend to write.
 TWO TYPES OF OUTLINE

1. Topic Outline

2. Sentence Outline
FORMATS
OF AN
OUTLINE
1. Number-Letter Format

- the use of the number, then

letter in an outline.
2. DECIMAL OUTLINE FORMAT

- makes use of decimal numbers in

place of the number-letters.