Strategies for developing your thoughts

I've never seen such an interesting way of describing the tools of the writer before. So I'm showing it here. It's from pp. 136-176.

1. Description: Showing it
2. Narration: Telling it
3. Illustration: Making it specific
4. Process Analysis: Explaining how it works
5. Cause and Effect: Explaining why it happened
6. Classification and Division: Putting it in its place
7. Comparison and Contrast: Showing likeness, showing difference
8. Definition: Establishing what a word means

Packer, N. H. and Timpane, J. (1986) Writing worth reading: A practical guide. New York: St. Martin's Press, A Bedford Book