This document provides guidance on effective writing. It discusses preparing for writing by choosing a topic and purpose. It emphasizes the importance of unity, coherence, and emphasis in a composition. Specific organizational patterns and techniques for an introduction, transitional paragraphs, and conclusion are outlined. The document concludes with recommendations for choosing an effective title.

1. Ma. Martha Manette A. Madrid, Ed.D.
Professor
College of Teacher Education
Panpacific University North Philippines
Urdaneta City, Philippines

2. Effective Writing
Preparations in Writing
A. Topic
1. Thinking out the topic.
2. Taking a specific aspect of the topic.

3. Effective Writing
B. Purpose
1. Purpose and Disciplined Writing.
2. Purposeless Writing and Its Kinds.
 Hodgepodge writing or failure to
concentrate on one idea.
 Deadwood writing or failure to
distinguish the relevant details from the
irrelevant.
 Vague Writing or failure to concretize an
idea through illustrations.

4. C. Unity
1. Unity or oneness, the composition
deals with only one thing.

5. D. Coherence
1. Coherence requires the parts of the
composition be related to one another.
 Patern of Arrangement
1. chronologic 6. specific examples
2. climactic 7. appropriate details
3. spacial 8. comparison and
contrast
4. definition 9. deductive
5. cause and effect 10. inductive

6. E. Emphasis
1. Emphasis requires that the important
ideas stand out and the unimportant
ones sink into the background.

7. Writing the Composition
A. The Introduction
1. Jolting Statement
2. Dramatic Scene
3. Build-up Statement
4. Impressionistic Description
5. Stimulating Question

8. B. The Transitional Paragraphs
1. Use of connectives
2. Use of Linking Pronouns
3. Use of an Echo Word
4. Use of “bridge over the gap” paragraph

9. C. The Conclusion
1. Summary
2. Forecast
3. Question
4. Suggestion
5. Quotation

10. Giving the Title
1. Must be arresting.
2. Stimulate people to read further.
3. Depends upon the subject of the
composition.
4. Imaginative subjects call for
fanciful titles; informative subjects
call for descriptive titles.