GEB 3213 Lecture 9 outline Coherence Coherence Continuity

GEB 3213 Lecture 9 outline Coherence

Coherence • Continuity = how ______________. • Coherence = ______________ for paragraphs, sections of documents, and papers.

Helping your readers • Since readers understand what they read by _________, the __________ you give them about where they’re going, the ___________ they’ll understand recall the information you provide.

Coherence Principle 1 • Only ____ principles for coherence • 1. Begin with a ________: ________ • - similar to a ________ • - preview of content of entire paragraph • - usually __________. • - covers only content of paragraph--does NOT anticipate future paragraphs

Coherence Principle 2 • 2. Back the head up with a ____________: ____________ • fleshes out claims made in head • provides _____________ to explain/substantiate claims in head • usually ______ of the paragraph.

Coherence Principle #3 • Head/Body organization applies to: • _____________ • ________

Head/Body • Paragraph: Head = ______ sentences • Section of document = ____ paragraph • Entire document = _____ paragraphs

Head/Body Caveats • If you have multiple points to make, spread across several paragraphs, _______________. • Readers will search for _______________, not in the paragraphs that follow.

Head/Body caveats • Your paragraph head should __________________ of the paragraph. • Your paragraph body should only include details that _______________. • Paragraphs usually require a minimum of ___ sentences: ___ to introduce a claim, ____to substantiate it.

Head/Body/Foot • If you want your writing to seem tightly organized, use a ____________. • A foot sentence _____________ in your paragraph body. • Since the foot is in the emphasis of the paragraph, ____________________ in each paragraph.

Head/Body/Foot • Likewise, a foot paragraph at the end of an argument ensures your readers ___________________ and recall them.

Coherence Principle 4 4. For complex paragraphs and always for your entire document, you must use a __________ • The thesis summarizes the ________ of the paragraph or document. • The thesis should usually be located at the ________ (in a paragraph) or at the ____________________.

So What? • Think of your thesis sentence as a one-sentence answer to the question, “______________? ”

Get to the Point! • Get to your thesis as _____ as you can. • You should introduce your thesis somewhere within the ____________, max. • Better yet, introduce a _________, if you can’t get to your thesis in the first paragraph.

Preliminary Thesis • ___________ your main point. • Points readers in the direction of your thesis without being ________________.

Main Point • Your main point/thesis should end the ________________ of your argument. • Readers unconsciously expect to see the ________________ of the introduction. • The ____________ also receives emphasis.