Four requirements of a good writing

2.4.3 Four requirements of a good writing

A good paragraph must have a sense of completeness. Completeness a paragraph means that the controlling idea is thoroughly developed by use of particular specific information. It is usually relative to show how complex or general the topic is Baker et. Al. as cited by Saraka 1988:73. Supporting his idea, Mc.Crimon 1975: 109 states that “A good paragraph does its job thoroughly”. If its function is to develop a unit of an outline, every sentence in the paragraph should clearly relate to that unit and the sum of the sentences should make the readers feel that the unit has been efficiently developed. To create this impression a paragraph should have four qualities. They are : 1 Completeness Complete paragraph contains details and facts, such as names of specific individuals, data, figures, costs, locations, signals or statistical details. 2 Unity Unity is one important feature of an effective paragraph. Each sentence in the paragraph should relate to and develop the controlling idea in the paragraph Muhijid, 1988: 12. A paragraph has unity when all its sentences have the main point. Basically, the term unity is derived from the Latin prefix uni which means one. Thus. unity means oneness to express the ideas in one paragraph. A paragraph can he called unity if it has derived from its development of one single idea. Saraka 1988: 62 states that “to maintain the unity of a paragraph, the supporting sentences most directly explain the main idea which includes the topic sentence”. 3 Order If a paragraph is to be an organic unit, its movement should follow some clear order. Order in a paragraph is like organization in an essay. But because the paragraph is smaller in scope, it may he simpler to consider order as direction. Thus, order into written form. 4 Coherence A paragraph must be coherent. It must contain sentences that are logically arranged. Logical arrangement refers to the order of the sentence and idea. Coherence means to hold together. Basically, it means that a paragraph in writing has the right order with the clear process.

2.5 Definition of Written Descriptive