4.1  Section Preview: Content & Development

Essential Questions:

1. Why is developing ideas in detail so important?

2. What are the different methods to develop your ideas in detail?

3. What does effective, adequate, and inadequate development in writing look like?

Writer's Terms

Content: the relevant detail you choose to include in your essay.

Relevant Detail: descriptions, stories, comparisons, and characteristics related to the topic of the essay.

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4.1 Section Preview: Content & Development

4.2 Building Detail Into Your Essay

4.3 Methods of Development

4.4 Methods of Development: Comparing and Contrasting

4.5 Methods of Development: Making an Order or Series

4.6 Methods of Development: Defining by Key Features

4.7 Methods of Development: Defining by Giving Examples

4.8 Methods of Development: Using Cause and Effect

4.9 Methods of Development: Illustrating with a Story

4.10 Methods of Development: Classifying

4.11 Learning Activities: Developing Ideas with Different Methods

4.12 Section Summary: Content & Development

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