Whenever you are trying to organize your own writing, or trying to figure out the purpose of an author’s writing, try to figure out what the organizational method was, and it might help you figure out the overall purpose of the text. You start with one big conclusion and divide it down into lots of supporting details or examples. It’s important to remember the difference: inductive is going to list all of them and take them into a general conclusion at the end.ĭeductive is kind of like division.
I would give you examples or reasons that list out the benefits of donating blood.
It starts with that conclusion (You should always donate blood) and then it explains supporting examples.
Deductive Presentationĭeductive presentation of ideas is going to be the opposite of that. If I were to want to convince you that it was good to donate blood, I would start off with lots of specific examples or reasons why it was good to donate blood, and then give you the general conclusion: you should always donate blood. Inductive presentation of ideas starts with specific examples and moves to a general conclusion. The book is laid out to describe events exactly in the order that they happened chronologically in time. You start whenever someone was born, you go through their childhood, adulthood, and events leading up to their death. A good example of chronological order pieces is biographies. It starts at the beginning and works its way to the end. Chronological OrderĬhronological order presents information in the order that it happened. In the end, you could make up your mind which one is better, because they are simply comparing and contrasting the two. These may also come across as “pro and con” pieces, where it gives you the pros of two things and the cons of two things.Īn example would be if I said as a thesis statement, “Those who are up to date on technology are still debating over whether DVDs or Blu-ray discs are better,” the author could go through and describe all the similarities between DVDs and Blu-ray discs and all the differences between DVDs and Blu-ray discs. It’s going to say how two things are alike and how they are different. Compare and ContrastĬompare and contrast writing discusses similarities and differences. For instance, if I said, “If you go to bed late, you will be tired,” the cause is going to bed late and the effect is being tired.Ī cause-and-effect piece of writing is going to keep giving you reasons something happened and the effect of that particular reason. Cause and EffectĬause and effect present the reasons something happened. Five of the main methods that authors use to structure their text are cause and effect, compare and contrast, chronological order, inductive presentation of ideas, and deductive presentation of ideas. Authors organize their writing based on the purpose of their text.
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