Organization

• Organization

  • the writer must consciously arrange and classify ideas in order to achieve logical order and clarity in writing
  • entails that the ideas in writing must be interconnected with one another
• Organization

  • can be achieved when ideas are arranged logically and accurately
  • helps in making the text readable and in making its message clear
  • use of signal words or transitional device, pattern and structure can help in making the paragraph organized appropriately
• Organization

  • logical progression & completeness of ideas in a text
  • structural framework of writing
• Techniques to have Organization in a Paragraph

  1. Physical Format - How text physically appears
  2. Signal Words - The cue in ordering of events and concepts
  3. Structure - This is a complete framework of the text
• Physical Format

  • immediately apparent to the reader
  • how the text physically appears like headings and subheadings, bullet points, or font emphasis
• Signal Words

  • textual cues that readers can use to follow a text
  • “signal” the transition from one point to another, the ordering of events and concepts, or the writer’s chosen type
• Structure

  • provides the framework upon which the text is organized
  • consists of the following:

  1. Beginning: Introduction, Thesis Statement, Hook
  2. Middle: Supporting Details
  3. End: Conclusion, Summary, Final Message
• Important Features of an Organized Text

  1. Focus - proper transition of events to make the paragraph clear
  2. Development - a good paragraph must have at least 4 sentences which explains and elaborate a topic sentence
  3. Unity - achieved when a paragraph is developed using one idea

  • all the sentences support the main idea
  • oneness of ideas
• Basics to Well-Organized Paragraphs

  S - Single Idea

  T - Topic Sentence

  T - (appropriate) Technique

  C - Connectives