Strategic Strategies

Back when dinosaurs ate their own feces and peed on their neighbors lawns, I used writing strategies such as 'compare and contrast' as well as 'cause and effect'. I have found these quite useful for solidfying my points when writing persuasive essays, analytical papers, or even comedic narratives. There are times and places for different strategies and ways at going at a topic correctly, I have found that a mix is needed throughtout your writing to sustain an element of legitimateness. For example, cause and effect is great for a persuasive paper on drugs laws. You could argue the main root cause of marijuana use, and then analyze the effect on civilians and society as a whole; disecting the issue as your reader skims. As for compare and contrast, to go again for the persuasive paper, you could argue that a life without smoking is much healthier and better than a person who doesn't; contrasting the issue. As far as comparing, you could say that the same amount of money for a non-smoker goes into alcohol, which in turn, could also be destructive. In simple terms, writing strategies are created to be a simple idea basis that can be used on a broad scale to fit your topic and style. No strategy is better than another, just the way you approach it matters.