Level

Key Term

Associated Terms

I. The Theme as a Whole

UNITY

Focus, intent, purpose, reader at the end can say easily what the paper is about

ORGANIZATION

Structure, logic, order

DEVELOPMENT

Interesting material, news, humor, imagination, a "once"

COHERENCE

Easy transitions from paragraph to paragraph, flow of the topic, tempo

II. The Paragraph

Unity

Single topic and/or purpose, a good topic sentence

Organization

A workable arrangement of material into sentences

Development

Causes, effects, examples, analysis, classification, definition, history, process, concession, comparison/contrast, illustration, exception

Coherence

Sentence transitions, repetition of subjects, pronouns of reference

III. The Sentence

Unity

Topic and comment, simple subjects, the A does B sentence with people for subjects

Organization

Subordination versus coordination, run-on sentences, comma splices

Development

Content words, low frequency and high semantic stress, action verbs

Coherence

Function words, agreement, proper reference

IV. The Word

U-n-i-t-y

The right meaning of the right word, clarity

O-r-g-a-n-i-z-a-t-i-o-n

Morphology, correct inflections

D-e-v-e-l-o-p-m-e-n-t

Interest in sound or sense, semantic stress

C-o-h-e-r-e-n-c-e

Recognizable spelling (ok, that's a stretch)