PROPERTIES

OF A
WELL WRITTEN
TEXT
PROPERTIES OF A WELL WRITTEN TEXT
I.ORGANIZATION
II. COHERENCE AND COHENSION
A. Arrangement of details according to…
1.Chronological 2. spatial 3. emphatic
B. Signal devices
1.Transition
2. Repetitions
3. Synonyms
4.pronouns
III. LANGUAGE USE
IV. MECHANICS
 I. ORGANIZATION
*It is said that ideas are well-developed when
there is a clear statement of purpose, position,
facts, examples, specific details, definitions,
explanation, justification, or opposing
viewpoints.
*Organization is achieved when these ideas are
logically and accurately arranged.
• If there is a clear statement of
purpose, position, facts, example,
specific details, definitions,
explanation, justification, or opposing
viewpoints.

• IDEAS are formed and well developed.

• ORGANIZATION
 II. COHERENCE AND COHESION
Coherence
*This mean that sentence are arranged
in a logical manner making them easily
understood by the reader.
Cohesion
*Connections of ideas at sentence level.
How can we organize the details of a
paragraph?
A. ARRANGEMENT OF DETAILS ACCORDING TO…

1. Chronological Order
2. Spatial Order
3. Emphatic Order
1.CHRONOLOGICAL
* The details are arranged in the order in which
they happened.
 EXAMPLE OF A CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
This morning was crazy. My alarm clock was set for PM
instead of AM, so I woke up really late. I just threw on
some clothes and ran out the door. I rode my bike as
fast as I could and thought that I was going to be late
for sure, but when I got there everyone was outside and
there were firetrucks all lined up in front of school. I
guess someday pulled the fire alarm before class
started. It worked out though, because nobody really
noticed or minded that I was tardy.
2.SPATIAL
* The sentences of a paragraph are arranged
according to geographical location, such as left-to-
right, up-to-down, etc.
EXAMPLE OF A SPATIAL ORDER
3. EMPHATIC
*Is when information found in a paragraph is
arranged to emphasize certain points
depending on the writer’s purpose.
*The coherence of the paragraph is
established in one of two ways:
EXAMPLE OF EMPHATIC ORDER
B. SIGNAL DEVICES
1.Transition
a.Time b.Sequence
c.Space d.Illustrations
e.Comparison f.Contras
g.Cause and Effect h.Conclusions
2. Repetitions
3. Synonyms
4. Pronouns

•
Signal devices
 III. LANGUAGE USE

• To attain this property one

must be consistent with the
use of pronouns.
 IV. MECHANICS

• A set of conventions on
how to spell, abbreviate,
punctuate, and capitalize.