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The document discusses key properties of well-written text, including coherence, cohesion, organization, and writing mechanics. It also discusses critical reading skills like summarizing and questioning text. There are two main types of claims in writing - explicit claims that are clearly stated and implicit claims that are not directly stated but implied. Characteristics of good claims are that they are interesting, specific and focused.

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The document discusses key properties of well-written text, including coherence, cohesion, organization, and writing mechanics. It also discusses critical reading skills like summarizing and questioning text. There are two main types of claims in writing - explicit claims that are clearly stated and implicit claims that are not directly stated but implied. Characteristics of good claims are that they are interesting, specific and focused.

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PROPERTIES OF A WELL-WRITTEN TEXT

 PROPERTIES OF A WELL-WRITTEN TEXT- pertains to the sum of surface features of writing


including but not limited to mechanics, usage and sentence formation.
o These are the properties of a well-written text:
 COHERENCE AND COHESION
 ORGANIZATION
 WRITING MECHANICS
 COHERENCE- is applied to sentences, whole arguments and paragraphs.
 COHESION- is the way in which an author uses sentence structure to make the text more
understandable to reader.
 JARGONS- referred to the a specialized language used by groups of like-minded individuals.
 COHESIVE DEVICES- are certain words or phrases that serve the purpose of connecting two
statements.
 WRITING MECHANICS- refers to the established writing conventions for words that you use.
 LANGUAGE USE- refers to the appropriate language to be used in writing/ speaking
 MECHANICS OF WRITING
o PUNCTUATION
o GRAMMAR
o CAPITALIZATION

EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT CLAIMS

 CRITICAL READING- applies certain processes, models, questions, and theories that result in
enhanced clarity and comprehension.
o CRITICAL READING PROCESS includes the skills of :
 annotating and analysing the text
 Summarizing the text
 Questioning the text
 INFERENCING- is another way of thinking about implicit information would be to compare.
 INFERENCE- refers to the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical
judgement on the basis of circumstantial evidences and prior conclusions rather than on the basis
of direct observation.
 OPINION- it is an of a person’s feelings that cannot be proven.
 CLAIMS- are synonymous to belief, argument, assertion or stand.
o INFORMATION CAN BE:
 IMPLICIT CLAIM- is when something is not clearly stated in a piece of writing.
 EXPLICIT CLAIM- is a straight forward and clear.
 CLAIM OF FACT- makes an assertion about something that can be proved or disapproved with
factual evidence.
 CLAIM OF VALUE- is a type of claim argues that something is good or bad, or that one thing is
better than another thing.
o THESE ARE SOME REFERENCE OF THE CLAIM OF VALUE
 PHILOSOPHY
 BELIEF
 ETHICS
 CLAIM OF POLICY- leads to action
o MODAL VERBS THAT USED IN CLAIM OF POLICY
 SHOULD, COULD, HAVE TO
 CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD CLAIM
o INTERESTING AND ENGAGING
o SPECIFIC AND FOCUSED
o FUN AND ENTERTAINING

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