LESSON 3: PROPERTIES OF A WELL-WRITTEN TEXT\ Flashcards
PROPERTIES OF A WELL-WRITTEN TEXT
- organization
- language use
- coherence &
cohesion - mechanics
writer’s flow of thought; structure
organization
choice of words (diction)
It is important to choose the words used in the text
according to the purpose, context, and readers.
language use
FEATURES OF EFFECTIVE LANGUAGE USE
familiarity
conciseness
formality
constructiveness
precision
logical flow of ideas
coherence &
cohesion
the micro-level of connectedness: the words, phrases, and sentences.
cohesive
a term that
denotes a
subcategory of a
more general
class.
hyponymy
relationship between words; parts to whole
meronymy
macro-level of connectedness of ideas; smooth flow of ideas in the entire text
coherence
correctness of written text; technical rules of language
mechanics
properties of mechanics
word order(syntax), spelling, punctuation, capitalization,
abbreviation