Chapter 24- Writing a Paragraph- Focus on Coherenc

Chapter24:WritingaParagraph:FocusonCoherenceandUnityThelastchapterdiscussedtheimportanceofusinggoodgrammarandgoodwordchoiceinyourwriting.However,themostgrammaticallyperfectparagraphwillnotreceiveagoodgradeifitispoorlyorganizedandnotfocusedonacentralidea.Theparagraphmusthaveunityandcoherence.Theseideaswerediscussedbrieflyinchapter22,butinthischapterwewillexploreunityandcoherencemorefullysothatyoucanlearnhowtheseelementsimpactyourwriting.AsyoulearnedinChapter22,coherenceiswhetherornotwhatyouwritemakessenseandwhetherornottheideasarearrangedinalogicalmanner.Ifideasareoutoforderinwriting,thenthereaderhasaverydifficulttimetryingtounderstandyourpoint.Asaresultthereaderwillloseinterestandyouwillnotbeabletoconveyyourpoint.Unityisequallyimportant.Unitymeansthatyourwritingstickstoonepointatatime.Whenyoumixandmatchideasinwritingjumpingfromoneideatothenextandbackagain,thereaderhasahardtimefollowingyou.Inevitably,thereaderwillnotunderstandyourpointandwilleventuallyloseinterest.Thischapterexploreswaystohelpyoumakecertainthatyourwritingisbothcoherentandunified.