Text Organization PDF
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This document provides a guide to text organization, covering topics like physical presentation, textual cues, locating main ideas, topic sentences, thesis statements, and supporting details. It also discusses text structure, including expository and narrative approaches, and how to recognize organized text through focus and unity. The document defines key terms, including topic sentences, controlling ideas, and supporting details. Finally, it provides a helpful visual representation of the process.
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Text Organization Organization It is the structural framework for writing. Organization It is the logical progression and completeness of ideas in a text. Physical Presentation Text Organization Text Structure...
Text Organization Organization It is the structural framework for writing. Organization It is the logical progression and completeness of ideas in a text. Physical Presentation Text Organization Text Structure Text Organization Physical Presentation Textual cues Headings Sub-headings Locating the main idea Topic sentence Thesis statement Signal words Text chunks Text Organization Text Structure Expository Narrative How do you know if a text is organized? Focus Development - main idea and supporting idea - a paragraph should at least have 4 sentences which explains and elaborates the topic sentence. - don’t make a long paragraph (ex. 10 sentences) How do you know if a text is organized? Unity - oneness of idea - all sentences developed - topic sentence with its controlling idea – supporting sentence - a clinching sentence or a concluding sentence Definition of terms Topic sentence – is the central idea to be developed (implied or expressed) Controlling idea – key words in the topic sentences. Supporting details – sentences Definition of terms Transitional words and phrases Clinching sentences/ Summary statement – a restatement of the topic sentence - a summary/ conclusion based on the supporting details TOPIC SENTENCE SINGLE IDEA STTC CONNECTIVES (APPROPRIATE) TECHNIQUE
