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• Paragraph


  A series of sentences that are organized, coherent, and are all related to a single topic
• Properties of a Well-Written Text

  • Organization
  • Coherence and Cohesion
  • Appropriate Language use
  • Mechanics of Writing
• Coherence


  The relationship of ideas between sentences
• Cohesion


  The connection of ideas to the central concept of a text
• Having coherence without cohesion, or vice versa, will still create confusion for readers
• Ways of organizing details

  1. Chronological

  2. Spatial

  3. Emphatic
• Chronological order


  The details are arranged in the order in which they happened, from past to present, earliest to latest
• Spatial order


  The sentences of a paragraph are arranged according to geographical location, such as nearest to farthest, inside to outside, left to right
• Emphatic order


  Information is arranged to emphasize certain points depending on the writer's purpose, from least to most important or most to least important