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Developing paragraphs by examples
Astatement which is very general is seldom impressive or convincing. It isusually necessary to give examples to prove, illustrate, or clarify a generalstatement. We may be too used to saying “for instance” or “for example” to realizethat we are using a certain method for developing a topic.
• Developing by time
• Developing by process
• Developing by space
• Developing by detail
• Developing by generalization
• Developing by comparison and contrast
• Developing by cause and effect
• Developing by classification
• Developing by definition

