This document provides guidelines for writing style in DepEd school documents and files. It emphasizes 7 principles for effective writing: clarity, conciseness, completeness, concreteness, consistency, coherence, and courtesy. It then covers topics like abbreviation, capitalization, dates, formatting, language usage, numbers, organization, punctuation, spelling, and references. The document appears to be an excerpt from the DepEd Manual of Style that provides guidance on writing conventions for school documents.

1. DepEd Manual of Style in
School Documents and Files

2. Pre-Test

3. Identify the statements if it is TRUE
or FALSE.
1. If a term is mentioned only once,
use the spelled-out form.
2. Use the abbreviated form of
degree/s after a person’s name,
with periods.
Pre-Test

4. 3. Write month, day, comma, and
then year.
4. An apostrophe is also used in
place of added letters or numbers
5. Use Hindu Arabic when indicating
the DepEd regions
Pre-Test

5. Ensure that your writing observes the following principles:
CLARITY. Keep it clear and simple. Avoid using jargon. Use the
active voice as much as possible.
CONCISENESS. Keep it short, brief, and direct to the point.
COMPLETENESS. Provide complete and necessary information.
CONCRETENESS. Avoid vague terms and language. Do not use
idiomatic expressions and figures of speech.
CONSISTENCY. Ensure that your documents are consistent in
spelling, grammar, punctuation, hyphenation, capitalization,
typeface (bold, italic, underlined, among others), and
abbreviation.
COHERENCE. Follow a logical sequence in your discourse.
COURTESY. Always build goodwill in your communications. Be
polite and courteous to your readers.
Principles of Effective Business Writing

6. Abbreviation

7. Abbreviation

8. Abbreviation

9. Abbreviation

10. Abbreviation

11. Abbreviation

12. Abbreviation

13. Abbreviation
• MERTHEL M. EVERDOME CESO V
• RONALDO L. SEVILLA EdD
• JUAN C. DELA CRUZ MA
• MARIA CLARA S. DELA CRUZ PhD

14. Abbreviation

15. Abbreviation

16. Abbreviation

17. Abbreviation

18. Abbreviation

19. Capitalization

20. Capitalization

21. Capitalization

22. Capitalization

23. Capitalization

25. Capitalization

26. Capitalization

27. Dates

28. Dates

29. Dates

30. Dates

31. Formatting

32. Formatting

33. Formatting

34. Formatting

35. Formatting

37. Formatting

38. Formatting

39. Formatting

48. Language
Usage

49. Language Usage

50. Numbers

51. Numbers

52. Numbers

53. Numbers

55. Organization

56. Organization

57. Word Class

58. Word Class

59. Word Class

60. Punctuation

61. Punctuation

62. Punctuation

63. Punctuation

64. Punctuation

65. Punctuation

71. References

75. Spelling

78. Language Usage
Pages 42-51 of the Manual

79. ORGANIZATIONAL TERMS
AND ABBREVIATIONS
Pages 52-61 of the Manual

80. DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION
OFFICIAL ISSUANCES AND
LETTERS
Pages 62-77 of the Manual

81. LIST OF SUBJECTS USED
IN THE PERPETUAL INDEX
Pages 78-80 of the Manual

82. Post-Test

83. Identify each example if it is
CORRECT or INCORRECT.
1. December, 25, 2018
2. He is a member of Jehovah’s
Witnesses.
P0st-Test

84. 3. Dr. Juan Santos MD
4. World Health Organization (who)
5. Regions I–XII
Post-Test