Properties of a well-written text

Refers to the arrangement of ideas in a text

You can easily follow good organization when you create an _______ of your ideas before you start

An outline is like the ______ of a ________---- the latter gives the body form while the former gives your writing basically the same thing

An _______ is like the skeleton of a human body

An outline is like the skeleton of a human body

The ____ will make the readers see which ones are the major parts and which ones are the minor parts

The form will make the readers see which ones are the major parts and which ones are the minor parts

An outline can be useful because it provides a format in which ideas can be arranged in a ________

It distinguishes the general ideas from the specific or subordinating ideas

An outline can be useful because it provides a format in which ideas can be arranged in a hierarchy

Refers to the connection of ideas and connection between sentences and between paragraphs

Coherence is a ______ word, meaning _____

It occurs when sentences are logically connected to produce a meaningful whole

In a composition, ________ is a literary technique that refers to logical connections, which listeners or readers perceive in an oral or written text.

Coherence uses ________ to connect sentences or phrases

4 groups of transitional words and phrases

Also, furthermore, in addition, moreover

However, on the other hand, nevertheless, despite

Therefore, as a result, because

First, next, then, finally, meanwhile

_______ occurs when lexical and grammatical elements of a sentence are met

_________ is the grammatical and lexical linking within a text or sentence that holds a text together and gives it meaning.

Cohesion uses ______ to connect sentences or phrases

2 groups of cohesive devices

He, she, it, they, this, that

Repeating keywords/phrases

In order for you to assure coherence and cohesion, you need to use ____________ and ________ devices.

A ___________ modifies the action by creating logical connections in meaning between independent clauses.

Unlike conjunctions, ____________ are not always at the beginning of the clause.

For providing _______, you must organize old and new information in your text.

Organizing old and new information can be done by using certain vocabulary such as _________ and _______ or _____________ from the previous sentence or using _______ and _____________

Refers to the acceptable style of language for a particular form of text

Appropriate language use For _____________, style must be concise and formal which is why writers of such texts should not use wordy phrases and must have a courteous tone to it

Appropriate language use For ___________, language and style may be less formal and more creative

2 groups in appropriate language use

___________ refers to the conventions of writing which includes capitalization, punctuation, spelling, numerals, abbreviations, acronyms, and contractions

A ______ is a connected discourse, which means that all ideas in the text must be related in the sense that they would express only one main idea or that text must have unity by combining all ideas to emphasize a central idea.

1. The ideas must be organized in a particular way and must have an ________, a ______ and a _________.

2. The ideas must be properly connected with cohesive or transitional devices such as _______ and ________.

3. The _________, _________ and ________ must be correct.