WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF ORGANIZATION?

*In the literature, different authors list different sets of basic types of organization.  (See p 37 in T. M.)

*In SPOKES, we focus on what we believe are the 8 major types of organization in expository text:

(See 8 Types of Main Ideas Chart on pp 42-43 of T. M.)

^Event

^Definition

^Cause-Effect

^Process/procedure

^Judgment

^Problem-Solution

^Compare-Contrast

^Generalization

*For each type of organization, we identify

^signal words (See Chart on Page 38 in T. M.)

^sentence examples (See Examples: Pp 46-47 in T. M.)

^paragraph examples (See Examples, P. 39 in T. M.)