PROPERTIES OF A elements of a text which hold
WELL-WRITTEN TEXT it together.
- relationship of ideas between
1. ORGANIZATION sentences.
- refers to the arrangement of
ideas in a text. EXAMPLE:
- achieved when these ideas are “I am a doctor. A doctor works in the
LOGICALLY and ACCURATELY hospital. A hospital is a place where
arranged patients go. The patient is a person
- Ideas are well-developed who is sick. Sick is an adjective.”
when there is a clear
statement of purpose, HOW TO ARRANGE DETAILS?
position, facts, examples,
specific details, definitions, a. CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
explanation, justifications, or - arranged in the order in which
opposing viewpoints. they happened.
PHYSICAL FORMAT EXAMPLE:
- how text physically appears. “My alarm clock was set for PM
instead of AM, so I woke up really
SIGNAL WORDS late. I just threw on some clothes
- The cue in ordering of events and ran out the door I rode my bike
and concepts. as fast as I could and thought that I
was going to be late for sure, but
STRUCTURE when I got there, ebveryone was
- complete framework of the outside and there were fire trucks up
text. in front of the school. I guess
somebody pulled the fire alarm
2. COHERENCE before class started. It worked out
- Refers to the overall sense of though, because nobody really
unity in the passage including noticed or minded that I was tardy.”
both the main points of each
paragraph. b. SPATIAL ORDER
- arranged according to the
COHESION geographical location such as
- the grammatical and lexical left-to-right, up to down, etc
relationship between the
WELL-WRITTEN TEXT it together.
- relationship of ideas between
1. ORGANIZATION sentences.
- refers to the arrangement of
ideas in a text. EXAMPLE:
- achieved when these ideas are “I am a doctor. A doctor works in the
LOGICALLY and ACCURATELY hospital. A hospital is a place where
arranged patients go. The patient is a person
- Ideas are well-developed who is sick. Sick is an adjective.”
when there is a clear
statement of purpose, HOW TO ARRANGE DETAILS?
position, facts, examples,
specific details, definitions, a. CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
explanation, justifications, or - arranged in the order in which
opposing viewpoints. they happened.
PHYSICAL FORMAT EXAMPLE:
- how text physically appears. “My alarm clock was set for PM
instead of AM, so I woke up really
SIGNAL WORDS late. I just threw on some clothes
- The cue in ordering of events and ran out the door I rode my bike
and concepts. as fast as I could and thought that I
was going to be late for sure, but
STRUCTURE when I got there, ebveryone was
- complete framework of the outside and there were fire trucks up
text. in front of the school. I guess
somebody pulled the fire alarm
2. COHERENCE before class started. It worked out
- Refers to the overall sense of though, because nobody really
unity in the passage including noticed or minded that I was tardy.”
both the main points of each
paragraph. b. SPATIAL ORDER
- arranged according to the
COHESION geographical location such as
- the grammatical and lexical left-to-right, up to down, etc
relationship between the
