Chapter 13

Chapter 13 is all about organization.  Bedford explains that when organizing information you are gathering for your final product, it is important to remember that you are trying to persuade your reader to your viewpoint. The goal is to help the reader to know where you are going with your argument. There are 11 different organizing techniques, each appealing to the specific type of document in which you are writing, and the topic as well: Chronology, describing events that have occurred over time in order, Description, describing physical attributes of a subject, Definition, defining the characteristics of a subject and differentiating it from another subject, Cause/Effect, used to describe a more scientific essay and its influential properties, Process Explanation, the outlining  of the steps involved in how something occurs, Pro/Con, provides the good ideas and information along with the bad for one particular side of an argument, Multiple Perspective, the use of a variety of sources and material from intellectual, respectable insiders, Comparison/Contrast, gives similarities and differences among ideas relevant to a subject, Strengths/Weaknesses, shows both the positive and negative impacts in regards to a subject, Costs/Benefits, the tradeoffs that are associated with a specific subject or argument, Problem/Solution – when the document defines a problem and then discusses how a solution may possibly be attained.