PROPERTIES OF A WELL-
WRITTEN TEXT
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of the session, the students will be
able to :
1. Identifies properties of a well-written text
a. text organization
b. coherence and cohesion
c. language use
d. mechanics
What is Persuasive Essay?
What are the 3 Techniques to
Support your Arguments in
Persuasive Writing?
MOTIVATION
PROPERTIES OF A WELL WRITTEN
TEXT
A.Text Organization
B. Coherence and cohesion
C. Appropriate language use
D.Proper mechanics
A. TEXT ORGANIZATION
Text organization is the way a
text is organized that helps to guide
the reader logically through it.
Refers to the arrangement of ideas
in a text.
Ancient philosophies believe that a person has
an “aura,” this appears as a rainbow of light
around the body that can be seen by individuals
with clairvoyant abilities. The colors change
depending on one’s mood, health, and thoughts.
Some scientists believe that the existence of the
aura has something to do with the electromagnetic
fields produced by cells and tissues in the human
body. Whether auras are real or not, the fact
remains that there are forces everywhere that are
real even though we cannot see them.
A. TEXT ORGANIZATION
An effective essay explicitly explains its
thesis- complete with supporting details.
An OUTLINE can be useful in organizing text
because it provides a format in which ideas
can be arranged in a hierarchy- from the
general ideas from the specific of subordinate
ideas.
B. COHERENCE AND
COHESION
Cohesion refers to a central concept
or “glue” that holds all the different
ideas together.
Coherence refers to ideas that are
logically sequenced in a way that is
easy to follow for the reader.
B. COHERENCE AND
COHESION
A text with both cohesion and
coherence has a central concept linking all
the ideas in the text, and these ideas are
presented in a logical manner.
International Women’s Day is
celebrated on the 8th of March of every
year. It began as a Socialist political event
in several Western countries. Then, other
countries also started celebrating the
holiday just as a way to express their love
for women. Currently, the United Nations
observes the holiday as a way to bring to
light women’s issues around the world.
HOW TO ACHIEVE COHERENCE
AND COHESION
Use of transitional Using certain
devices of phrases vocabulary such as
that signals that you synonyms and
are adding more
information or antonyms, or repetition
referring to the of words from the
previous statement or previous sentence, or
contrasting the using pronouns and
previous statement. conjunctions
THINK-PAIR-SHARE
ACTIVITY
1. How can outline be useful for organizing ideas?
2. What devices are used for achieving coherence in
a text?
3. What are the ways by which a writer can provide
a cohesion in a text?
C. APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE
USE
Refers to the acceptable style of
language for a particular form of text.
Determine when it is appropriate to
use formal language or when
informal language is acceptable.
C. APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE
USE
Informal language is usually
used in writing for oneself or in
writing to family, friends, and
colleagues. On the other hand,
formal language is used in writing
academic, business, and official
texts.
C. APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE
USE
Examples:
• We asked the secretary to call the
professor and get her permission for us to
continue our research.
• We requested that the secretary contact
the professor and obtain her permission for
us to continue our research.
HOW TO ACHIEVE APPROPRIATE
LANGUAGE USE
Make sure that the You should also be
language you use is sensitive enough to use
direct and simple rather
than complicated. unbiased language so
that you will not offend
Avoid using technical any individual or any
or highfalutin words. particular group of
people.
D. PROPER MECHANICS
Refers to conventions of
writing which includes
capitalization, punctuation,
spelling, grammar, abbreviations,
and acronyms.
PROPER MECHANICS
SPELLING PUNCTUATION
Be consistent. If Using a system of
you are unsure symbols such as the
of the spelling of comma, period,
a word, consult a quotation marks,
dictionary or a question marks,
spell checker.
Examples:
• I love to paint portraits I would paint one
every day if I had the time
• I love to paint portraits. I would paint one
every day if I had the time.
• This book is dedicated to my parents, Noel
and Corazon.
• This book is dedicated to my parents, Noel,
and Corazon.
PROPER MECHANICS
CAPITALIZATION Proper Nouns
Days of the week
The act of
writing the first Months of the year
letter of a word in Historical periods, events,
uppercase while documents
the rest of the Titles/ Courses
letters are in
lowercase.
1. How can outline be useful for organizing ideas?
2. What devices are used for achieving coherence in
a text?
3. What are the ways by which a writer can provide
a cohesion in a text?
4. How can appropriate language be use in a text?
5. What conventions of writing are included in
proper mechanics?
