well written text

• Organization


  Refers to the arrangement of ideas in a text
• Organized text


  • Has a clear statement of purpose, position, facts, examples, specific details, definitions, explanation, justifications, or opposing viewpoints
• Aspects/Elements of an organized text

  • Physical format
  • Signal words/device
  • Structure
• Physical format


  How the text physically appears
• Signal words


  The cue in ordering of events and concepts
• Structure


  Complete framework of the text
• Coherence


  Refers to the overall sense of unity in the passage including both the main point of sentences and the main point of each paragraph
• Cohesion


  The grammatical and lexical relationship between different elements of a text which hold it together
• How to arrange details

  • Logical order
  • Chronological order
  • Spatial order
  • Emphatic order
• Logical order


  Arranged in the order in which they happened
• Chronological order


  Arranged according to the geographical location such as left-to-right, up-to-down
• Emphatic order

  Arranged to emphasize certain points depending on the writer's purpose
• Chronological order


  • 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 fire trucks up in front of school. I guess somebody pulled the fire alarm before class started. It worked out though, because nobody really noticed or minded that I was tardy.
• Spatial order


  • The inside of Bill's refrigerator was horrible. On the top shelf was a 3-week old carton of milk. Next to it, sat slice of melon that had started to get moldy. To the right of the melon sat the remains of the macaroni and cheese dinner that had been served a week earlier. On the shelf below was the slice of cake from his sister's birthday party. Though there was food, none of it was edible.
• Emphatic order


  • After looking at all the brochures and talking to several salesmen I decided to purchase an SLR camera. For several years I had been dissatisfied with the results I was getting from my point-and-shoot camera. The framing was imprecise, and the focus was not always accurate. I had planned a vacation to an area that promise many fabulous photo opportunities and I wanted to capture each one with accuracy. But the most important reason I decided on the SLR camera was the great versatility it offered.
• Signal devices


  Words that give readers an idea of the points in your paragraph are progressing
• Types of signal devices

  • Transitions
  • Repetitions
  • Synonyms
  • Pronouns
  • Parallelism
• Transition types


  • Time
  • Sequence
  • Space
  • Illustration
  • Comparison
  • Contrast
  • Cause and effect
  • Conclusion
• Language use


  The appropriateness of word on vocabulary usage
• Informal language


  Used in writing for one's self or in your writing to family, friends, and colleagues
• Formal language


  Used in writing academic, business, and official texts
• Informal vs formal language


  • IM goin 2 d store. Iz there Nething U nee? / I'm going to the store. Whatcha need? / I am going to the store. Is there anything you would like me to pick up for you?
• Language mechanics


  The correct and proper use of spelling, punctuation marks, and capitalization
• Language mechanics elements


  • Spelling
  • Punctuation
  • Capitalization