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Chapter 22 of Engaging Questions, the "strategies of development, sometimes called modes, are moves that writers make when constructing a piece of writing" (Channell & Crusius, 2016, p. 310). Strategies of development can include exemplifying, narrating, describing, evaluating, defining, classifying, comparing-contrasting, and showing cause and effect. In ENG101 or in another composition I course, you may have written essays using those strategies. In this class you will continue to do so.

Reflect

As a developing writer, it is important to continue employing and developing these modes to maximize the effect of your message. Think of a recent piece of writing, regardless of length, you produced at work or home, in which you used one or more of these calculated moves to achieve a desired effect.

Write

For this post consider the following questions:

What strategy or combination of strategies of development do you remember using?
How or why did you choose the strategies of development?
What effect did they produce on your audience?
How do you know this effect was achieved?
Make your initial post and two response posts substantive. A substantive post will do at least ONE of the following:

Ask an interesting, thoughtful question pertaining to the topic
Answer a question (in detail) posted by another student or the instructor
Provide extensive additional information on the topic
Explain, define, or analyze the topic in detail
Share an applicable personal experience
Provide an outside source (for example, a website) that applies to the topic, along with additional information about the topic or the source (please cite properly in APA)
Make an argument concerning the topic