Cor 002

• Properties of Coherence

  • Coherence and Cohension, Organization, approriate language use, mechanics of writting
• Coherence


  The realtionship of ideas between sentence
• Cohesion


  The grammatical and lexical connections between the different parts of a text
• Types of Coherenceand cohesion

  • Chronological
  • Spatial
  • Emphatic
• Chronological coherence


  • Ideas arranged in order
  • Connects to the concept of time
• Spatial coherence


  • Ideas arranged based on location
• Emphatic coherence


  • Ideas arranged to emphasize certain points
• Apporiate language use

  • Apporiate language
  • Choosing the right words
  • Avoiding misused words
  • Avoiding words with unwanted connotation
  • Avoiding highfalutin words
• Levels of Cohesion


  • Formal language
  • Informal language
  • Direct
  • Unbiased
  • Simple sentences
• Mechanics

  • Spelling
  • Punctuation
  • Capitalization
• Punctuation


  • Comma (,) joins sentences
  • Colon (:) introduces information
  • Semicolon (;) connects related sentences
  • Exclamation mark (!) shows strong emphasis
  • Periods (.) end sentences
• Period


  • Most common punctuation mark in English
  • Indicates end of sentences
• Capitalization


  Act of writing a word in uppercase
• Organisation


  • Prevents confusion by a jumble of words
  • Makes the format immediately apparent to the reader
• Signal words


  Signal the transition from one point to another
• Structure of a paper

  • Beginning
  • Introduction
  • Thesis statement
  • Body
  • Conclusion
• Thesis statement


  1 sentence that guides, controls and unifies the writing
• Topic sentence


  Guides, controls and unifies the ideas in a paragraph
• Punctuation


  • Quotation marks
  • Apostrophe
  • Hyphen
  • En dash
  • Em dash
• Punctuation is the act of using symbols in writing
• Capitalization is the act of writing the letters of a word in uppercase
• Types of claims

  • Fact
  • Value
  • Policy
• Fact claim


  Claims backed by evidence
• Value claim

  Claims about what is good or bad, right or wrong
• Policy claim


  Claims about what should be done
• Types of textual evidence

  • Paraphrasing
  • Summarizing
  • Referencing
  • Quoting
• Paraphrasing


  Restating the text in your own words
• Summarizing


  Concisely stating the main ideas and relevant details
• Referencing


  Mentioning a specific portion of a text
• Quoting


  Directly quoting a part of the text
• Types of business communication

  • Business letter
  • Business memorandum
  • Business email
• Business letter


  A written interchange of internal and external communication to assist the flow of business process
• Business memorandum


  A written communication strictly between offices within a company
• Business email


  An electronic correspondence either internal or external to the company