PROPERTIES OF A WELL WRITTEN TEXT

• is the way text is organized that helps to guide the reader logically through it

  Text organization
• 3 types of organization

  • Physical format
  • signal words
  • structure
• it is seen in how texts physically appears like headings and subheadings, bullet points or point emphasis

  physical format
• textual cues that readers can use to follow a text

  signal words
• provides the framework upon which the text is organized

  structure
• every part of the composition must contribute to one main unifying thought, must follow one another in order which makes the relationship clear

  coherence
• means that the overall text has meaning

  cohesion