Lesson 2 RWS

What is the definition of a text?

• A piece of spoken material

• A piece of musical material

• A piece of written material

• A piece of visual material

What are the properties of a well-written text?

• Cohesion, vocabulary, punctuation, and structure

• Coherence, grammar, spelling, and capitalization

• Organization, vocabulary, punctuation, and structure

• Organization, cohesion and coherence, language use, and mechanics

What does organization refer to in a well-written text?

• The connection of ideas in the sentence level

• The connection of ideas in the concept level

• The arrangement of ideas, incidents, details, evidence, and order

• The appropriateness of word/vocabulary usage

What does coherence refer to in a well-written text?

• The arrangement of ideas, incidents, details, evidence, and order

• The connection of ideas in the concept level

• The connection of ideas in the sentence level

• The appropriateness of word/vocabulary usage

What does cohesion refer to in a well-written text?

• The connection of ideas in the sentence level

• The connection of ideas in the concept level

• The arrangement of ideas, incidents, details, evidence, and order

• The appropriateness of word/vocabulary usage

What does language use refer to in a well-written text?

• The connection of ideas in the sentence level

• The connection of ideas in the concept level

• The appropriateness of word/vocabulary usage

• The arrangement of ideas, incidents, details, evidence, and order

What does mechanics refer to in a well-written text?

• The arrangement of ideas, incidents, details, evidence, and order

• The connection of ideas in the concept level

• The conventions in writing such as spelling, punctuation, and capitalization

• The connection of ideas in the sentence level

What are the six characteristics of effective language use?

• Concrete and specific, vague and abstract, familiar, obscure, constructive, destructive

• Concrete and specific, verbose, familiar, obscure, precise, ambiguous

• Concrete and specific, not vague and abstract, concise, not verbose, familiar, not obscure, constructive, not destructive, precise, not ambiguous, informally formal

• Concrete and specific, not vague and abstract, concise, not verbose, familiar, not obscure, constructive, not destructive, precise, not ambiguous, appropriately formal

What is the purpose of punctuation in a well-written text?

• To connect ideas in the concept level

• To ensure the appropriateness of word/vocabulary usage

• To provide structure and organize a text

• To connect ideas in the sentence level

What is the purpose of capitalization in a well-written text?

• To provide structure and organize a text

• To signify uniqueness and express details

• To connect ideas in the concept level

• To connect ideas in the sentence level