Strategies

The book tells about three strategies which are: cause and effect, classifying and dividing, and comparing and contrasting. Cause and effect has three main ways of organizing and that is by a cause leading to effects, a effect resulting from multiple causes, or a cause leading to an effect which leads to a chain of effects. Classifying and dividing is where you classify or divide information to make it easier for the reader or listener to understand. An example of classifying is: the seven deadly sins. It describes a group of seven sins. An example of division is: music being divided into genres, artists, male/female, or instruments. Comparing and contrasting is where you analyze two different things to see the differences (contrast) and similarities (comparison). After reading over these topics I believe I have learned many things on how to not only make my writings better but also my speeches for communications class because these topics can easily be used in making a persuasive, analytical, or informative speech.