This document provides guidance on writing different types of essays including classification, definition, cause and effect, argument, and multipattern essays. It discusses the key elements to include in each type of essay such as having a clear point for a classification essay and including a thesis with the term defined, its category, and distinguishing characteristics for a definition essay. It also provides tips for each essay type and outlines the steps to follow, including prewriting, planning, drafting/revising, and proofreading. Sample topics are given for each essay pattern.

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2. CHAPTER 13: DIFFERENT ESSAY PATTERNS: PART TWO
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3. CHAPTER OUTLINE AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES
In this chapter, you will:
 gain further practice in applying the stages of
the writing process to various rhetorical
patterns and
 recognize the flexibility of the multipattern
essay.
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4. CLASSIFICATION
 Hints for Writing a Classification Essay
1. Be sure to have a point in your classification.
• Have a reason for your classification.
2. A simple way to structure your classification essay
is to explain each type in a separate body
paragraph.
• Use the same kind of details to describe each
type.
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5. WRITING THE CLASSIFICATION ESSAY IN STEPS
 Prewriting Classification Essay—freewriteand
brainstorm to generate ideas for your classification
essay
 Planning Classification Essay—develop an outline to
organize your ideas for your classification essay
 Drafting and Revising Classification Essay—create,
revise, and edit rough drafts for your classification
essay
 Proofreading Classification Essay—proofread and
make one final check of your classification essay
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6. WRITING THE CLASSIFICATION ESSAY IN STEPS
 Topics for Writing a Classification Essay
 Topics for Critical Thinking and Writing: Classification
Essay
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7. DEFINITION
 Hints for Writing a Definition Essay
1. Write a personal definition, not a dictionary
definition.
2. Include the following in your thesis:
1. The term you are defining,
2. The broad class or category into which your
term fits, and
3. The specific distinguishing characteristics
that make the term different from all others
in the class or category.
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8. DEFINITION
3. Form your body paragraphs from different
aspects of your term.
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9. WRITING THE DEFINITION ESSAY IN STEPS
 Prewriting Definition Essay—begin with a personality trait
or person
 Planning Definition Essay—develop an outline to organize
your ideas
 Drafting and Revising Definition Essay—create, revise, and
edit rough drafts for your definition essay
 Proofreading Definition Essay—proofread and make one
final check of definition essay
 Topics for Writing a Definition Essay
 Topics for Critical Thinking and Writing: Definition Essay
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10. CAUSE AND EFFECT
 Hints for Writing a Cause or Effect Essay
1. Choose either causes or effects.
• If you try to do both in a short essay, your
task will be more difficult.
2. You can use each cause or effect as the
focus of one body paragraph.
• You can develop the paragraph by
explaining and describing that cause or
effect.
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11. WRITING THE CAUSE OR EFFECT ESSAY IN STEPS
 Prewriting Cause or Effect Essay—begin by freewriting and
brainstorming
 Planning Effects Essay—develop an outline to organize
your ideas
 Drafting and Revising Effects Essay—create, revise, and
edit rough drafts for your Effects essay
 Proofreading Effects Essay—proofread and make one final
check of your Effects essay
 Topics for Writing a Cause or Effect Essay
 Topics for Critical Thinking and Writing: Cause or Effect
Essay
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12. ARGUMENT
 Hints for Writing an Argument Essay
1. Pick a topic based on your own experience and
observation.
2. Be sure to take a stand in your thesis.
3. Use the reasons in your argument as a way to
focus your body paragraphs.
4. Consider your audience’s objections.
• Refute an objection
• Concede an objection
• Turn an objection into an advantage
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13. WRITING THE ARGUMENT ESSAY IN STEPS
 Prewriting Argument Essay—begin by freewriting,
brainstorming, and listing your ideas
 Planning Argument Essay—develop an outline to
organize your ideas
 Drafting and Revising Argument Essay—create, revise,
and edit rough drafts for your argument essay
 Proofreading Argument Essa—proofread and make
one final check of your argument essay
 Topics for Writing a Argument Essay
 Topics for Critical Thinking and Writing: Argument
Essay
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14. THE MULTIPATTERN ESSAY
 Many essays rely on more than one essay pattern to
make their point.
 Hints for Writing a Multipattern Essay
1. Start with a topic, not with a concern about the
patterns you use.
2. When you write a multipattern essay, do not
shift patterns within a paragraph.
3. Your thesis does not have to include a reference
to each pattern you are using.
4. Be especially careful about transitions between
paragraphs.
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15. WRITING THE MULTIPATTERN ESSAY IN STEPS: PINE RIVER
 Prewriting MultipatternEssay—begin by freewriting and
brainstorming
 Organizing Your Ideas for a Multipattern Essay
 Planning MultipatternEssay—develop an outline to
organize your ideas
 Drafting and Revising MultipatternEssay—create,
revise, and edit rough drafts for your multipattern
essay
 Proofreading MultipatternEssay—proofread and make
one final check of your multipattern essay
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16. WRITING THE MULTIPATTERN ESSAY IN STEPS:
ONE FAMILY’S FIGHT AGAINST AGORAPHOBIA
 Prewriting MultipatternEssay—begin by freewriting and
brainstorming
 Planning MultipatternEssay—develop an outline to
organize your ideas
 Drafting and Revising MultipatternEssay—create,
revise, and edit rough drafts for your multipattern
essay
 Proofreading MultipatternEssay—proofread and make
one final check of your multipattern essay
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17. WRITING THE MULTIPATTERN ESSAY IN STEPS
 Topics for Writing a Multipattern Essay
 Topics for Critical Thinking and Writing: Multipattern
Essay
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18. A MULTIPATTERN ESSAY
A. is centered around the definition pattern.
B. is 5–12 sentences in length.
C. relies on one essay pattern to make a point.
D. relies on more than one essay pattern to make a
point.
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19. A MULTIPATTERN ESSAY
A. is centered around the definition pattern.
B. Is 5–12 sentences in length.
C. relies on one essay pattern to make a point.
D. relies on more than one essay pattern to make a
point.
recognize the flexibility of the multipattern essay.
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