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How to Proceed

1. Decide on your topic and your thesis assertion about that topic. Considering the different patterns of development may help you choose your topic and assertion.
2. Choose the pattern of development that you want to use. Make sure the pattern meshes with your topic and assertion.
3. Draft a working thesis sentence (topic and thesis assertion) that is appropriate for, and whose language indicates, your pattern of development.
4. Draft topic sentences that are appropriate for, and whose language indicates, your pattern of development.
5. Develop each unit of support for each topic sentence with details and examples

Please choose from one of the four patterns of development you read about in depth:

1. Process
2. Comparison and Contrast
3. Classification and Division
4. Cause and Effect

What's Expected in the Draft - Understand the End Result First

An essay using a specific, overall pattern of development still has the same introduction-body-conclusion structure, thesis assertion, and topic sentences and units of support to explain the thesis assertion. However, the thesis should indicate the pattern via word choice, and the topic sentences and units of support should comply with the structure that the pattern establishes.

Please do NOT include research in this essay. Since you're writing about a topic you're interested in, you should be able to develop your own supporting ideas, explanations, and details.