text organization

TEXT ORGANIZATION

1.      Procedure

a.       Goal

b.      Material

c.       Step

2.      Recount

a.     Personal recount

Ø  Orientation

Ø  Event

Ø  Evaluation

Ø  Re-orientation

b.      Factual recount

Ø  Orientation

Ø  Event

3.      Narrative

a.     Orientation

b.    Complication

c.     Resolution

4.      Descriptive

a.    Identification

b.    Description

5.      News item

a.    Newsworthy event

b.    Background event

c.    Sources

6.      Report

a.    General classification

b.    Identification

7.      Analytical exposition

a.    Thesis

b.    Arguments

c.    Reiteration

8.      Spoof

a.    Orientation

b.    Event

c.    Twist

9.      Hortatory exposition

a.    Thesis

b.    Arguments

c.    Recommendation

10.  Explanation

a.    A general statements

b.    Explanation

c.    Closing

11.  Discussion

a.    Thesis

b.    Argument “for” point

c.    Argument “against” point

12.  Anecdote

a.    Abstracts

b.    Orientation

c.    Crisis

d.   Reaction

e.    Coda

13.  Review

a.         Orientation

b.        Interpretative

c.         Evaluation

d.        Evaluation summation