Properties of Discourse

• Organization


  •arrangement of ideas in a text

  •creating an outline of ideas before you start writing can help your work become organized
• Coherence and Cohesion


  Coherence- connection of ideas

  Cohesion- connection between sentemces and paragraphs (linking words)
• Appropriate Language Use 


  acceptable style of language
• Proper Mechanics 


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