ENGLISH REVIEWER 5-10-2023 Flashcards
Properties of a well-written text
ORGANIZATION, LANGUAGE USE, COHERENCE AND COHESION, LANGUAGE MECHANICS
Refers to the
arrangement of ideas in
a text.
ORGANIZATION
Achieved when these
ideas are logically and
accurately arranged.
ORGANIZATION
Ideas are well-developed
when there is a clear
statement of purpose, position,
facts, examples, specific
details, definitions,
explanations, justifications, or
opposing viewpoints.
ORGANIZATION
Are well-developed
when there is a clear
statement of purpose, position,
facts, examples, specific
details, definitions,
explanations, justifications, or
opposing viewpoints.
Ideas
Ideas are well-developed
when there is a clear
statement of _______________
purpose, position,
facts, examples, specific
details, definitions,
explanations, justifications, or
opposing viewpoints.
How the text physically appears.
Physical Format
The cue in ordering of events and
concepts.
Signal Words
Complete framework of the text.
Structure
THREE MAJOR PARTS OF A TEXT
BEGINNING, MIDDLE, END/CONCLUSION
Also called as the lead or the hook.
BEGINNING
It introduces the readers to the purpose of the
writing by introducing characters or setting
(for narrative) or the topic, thesis, argument
(for expository writing)
BEGINNING
The organization of the middle of a piece of
writing depends on the genre.
MIDDLE
Researchers
have identified five basic organizational
structures, sequence, description, cause and
effect, compare and contrast, and problem
and solution.
MIDDLE
It is the restatement of the thesis
and major points, showing how the
writer has proven his/her position.
END/CONCLUSION
Relationship of ideas between
sentences.
COHERENCE
Refers to the overall sense of unity
in the passage including both the
main point of the sentences and
the main point of each paragraph.
COHERENCE
The grammatical and lexical
relationship between different
elements of a text which hold it\
together.
COHESION
Arranged in the
order in which they
happened.
Chronological order
Arranged according to
the geographical
location such as left-
right, up-down, etc.
Spatial order
Arranged to
emphasize certain
points depending on
the writer’s purpose.
Emphatic order
Words that give readers an idea of how the
points in your paragraphs are progressing.
Signal Devices
Signal Devices (list em)
Transitions
Repetition
Synonyms
Pronouns
after, afterward, at length, at that/this point, at, that/this time, at present,
at the same time, before, currently, during, earlier, finally, formery, in the
future, in the, meantime, in the past, initially, later, meanwhile, now,
presently, previously, recently, shortly, simultaneously, soon,
subsequently, then,…
Time
initially, next, previously, subsequently, then, followed by,
first, second, third, etc.
SEQUENCE
across, adjacent to, alongside, along the edge, beside,
behind, beyond, further, over, and under.
SPACE
as an example, as an illustration, for example, for instance,
illustrated by, in particular, in the/this case, including,
markedly, namely, notably, on this occasion, specifically, such
as, to demonstrate, to illustrate…
ILLUSTRATION
as well as, comparatively, conversely, correspondingly,
coupled with, in the same way, likewise, moreover, on the
one hand, similar, similar to, similarly, together with,…
COMPARISON
a different view is, albeit, alternatively, although, and (yet),
conversely, despite/in spite of, differing from, even so, even
though, however, in contrast, instead, it could also be said that,
nevertheless, nonetheless, on the contrary,
CONTRAST
accordingly, as consequence, as a result, at that time,
before, concurrently, consequently, for this purpose, for
this reason, hence, therefore, thus…
CAUSE AND EFFECT
