Ideas/Arguments Sequential

Generality v. specificity

Vagueness v. precision

Abstraction v. concreteness

most importance to less important

strongest to weakess

Chronological/topical/players/

Ambiguity (purposeless)

Semantic- word

Syntactical-sentence (Punctuation, modification, & pronoun reference)

Contextual-document

Paragraphs

Manageable chunks

Visually inviting

One idea per

Topic sentence

Concluding sentence

Signposts (headings and subheadings)

Transitions within

Connections between

Sentences

Concrete subjects & action verbs

Voice appropriate to purpose

Dovetailing

Old to new,

key words, phrases, repeated

pronoun linkage

transitions

Core ideas in main clause

Sentence combining: from clause to phrase to single word/s

Right branching sentences

Words

Legalese, jargon, colloquialism, terms of art

Nominalizations

Diction matches PAT

Punctuation

Follows standard English rules

Serial comma used ,

which and that: nonessential or essential

comments on whole of sentence,

consistency of form