CAUSE AND EFFECTMAN EPISODES WERE AIRED ON THE RADIO. IN 1966, LIVE...

4. cause and effectman episodes were aired on the radio. In 1966, live-action Batman shows hit the TV screen. The serieswas wildly popular, and the syndicated show stillTo answer many of the questions about organizationairs today on channels like the Cartoon Network.on the GED, you will need to be able to determine thewriter’s purpose and to recognize organizational patternson both the essay and paragraph levels. By identifying theOrder of Importanceorganizational pattern, you can determine where toWith this organizational pattern, ideas are arranged byinsert sentences or paragraphs and whether any sen-rankinstead of time. What’s most important comes firstor last, depending upon the writer’s purpose.tences or paragraphs are misplaced, such as a sentenceOrganizing ideas from most important to leastthat is out of chronological order.important puts the most essential information first.Many writers do this when they are offering advice orChronological Orderwhen they want to be sure readers get the most impor-When writers use timeas their main organization prin-tant information right away. Newspaper articles, forciple, it is called chronological order. They describe eventsexample, generally use this structure. They begin within the order in which they did happen, will happen, orthe most important information (the who, what, when,should happen. Much of what you read is organized inwhere,and why of the event) so readers don’t have tothis way, including historical texts, instructions and pro-read the whole article to get those key facts. Details andcedures, and essays about personal experiences.background information come later in the article.Passages organized by chronology typically use a lot ofWhen writers move from least to most important,transitional words and phrases to help us follow the pas-they save their most important idea or piece of infor-sage of time. The transitions help us see when thingsmation for last. Writers often use this approach whenhappened and in what order. They help us follow alongthey are presenting an argument. That’s because thiswhen the passage shifts from one period of time tokind of structure is usually more convincing than theanother. Transitional words and phrases keep eventslinked together in the proper order. (Transitions are cov-most-to-least organizational pattern. The more contro-versial the argument, the more important this structure.ered in more detail on page 72.)