COMPONENTS OF

GOOD WRITING
A piece of good writing is
composed of an interesting
introduction and effective
paragraphs, transitions,
conclusions, and
elaboration.
INTRODUCTION
The intrduction presents
the thesis statement and
should capture the
reader's attention. some
ways of introducing a
piece of writing are as
follows:
• Begin with a thesis statement
• Use a surprising statement
• Provide a description
• Ask a question
• Relate an anecode
• Address the reader directly
PARAGRAPH
A paragraph is made up of
sentence that work together
to develop an idea or
accomplish a purpose. A good
paragraph should exhibit
unity and coherence.
•UNITY - A paragraph has unity when
all the sentences support an
explicit or implicit main idea.

•COHERENCE-A paragraph is coherent

when all the sentences are related
to one another. Each sentence
follows logically to the next.
TRANSITION
Transitions are words, phrases, and
sentences that show connections
between details. Transitions can be
shown through the use of the following
kinds of words:
• Time ore sequence words, e.g., then, next, finally
• Spatial order words, e.g., in front, behind, in the
middle
• Degree of importance, e.g., mainly, strongest,
weakest
• Comparison-and-contrast, e.g., similarly, unlike,
weheras
• Cause-effect, e.g., therefore, so, for this reason
CONCLUSION
A good conclusion sums up the
idea presented in the text. This
can be shown through any of the
following forms:
• a restatement of the main idea or thesis in
different words
• a question
• a recommendation
• an opinion
• the fast event
ELABORATION
Elaboration is the process of providing
specific, relevant, and appropriate are
supporting details to the main idea or
theis through the use of:
• facts and statistics
• descriptions
• anecodes
• examples
• quotations
WRITING TRAITS
Good writing has specific
qaulities or traits. It is
focused and coherent, well-
organized, has clear ideas,
identifiable voice, and
accurate and appropriate
language convention.
FOCUS AND COHERENCE
A peice of writing is focused
and coherent if it keeps to the
topic and is clear and supported
by well-chosen details.
Furthermore, the ideas are well
connected to each other through
the use of appropriate words,
phrases, and sentences.
ORGANIZATION
A well organized paper has a
clearly recognizable plan, that
is the ideas move from sentence
to sentence in a logical way and
from paragraph to paragraph is
an appropriate organizational
pattern.
DEVELOPMENT OF IDEAS
In a well-written paper, the ideas
are clearly defined, logically
developed, supported by appropriate
details, and connected in an
interesting manner. Voice. Voice
connects the writer to the reader.
A writer's voice is displayed
through his/her personal writing
style and through his/her use of
CONVENTION

Conventions refer to the

correct use of all spelling,
punctaution, capitalization,
grammar, usage, and sentence
structure rules.