ADEQUATE-INADEQUATE UNITY & COHERENCE IN WRITING 

 

 

 

In the last explanation, we learned about some genres of paragraph. Now we are going to learn about adequate and inadequate unity and coherence in writing. Do you think that they have correlation in writing? If you think so, you are totally right. Coherence and adequate-inadequate unity are the criteria of making a good paragraph. We will find outu what are they, and the way how to write in that way.

First, unity means that a paragraph discusses one and only one main idea from the beginning to the ending (Oshima and Hogue, 2006 in Smart and Skillful Writer by Dedi Turmudi page 2). To make your paragraph is in adequate unity, you must develop your main idea into specific topic called topic sentence. Topic sentence itself has two parts: a topic and a controlling idea. A good paragraph must have a topic sentences, details or supporting sentences and concluding sentence.

Second, coherence in the paragraph or text is solid. In Latin, coherence is taken from word cohere means “hold together” (Oshima and Hogue, 2006 in Smart and Skillful Writer by Dedi Turmudi page 2). All of the sentences in one paragraph have to be hold together with appropriate transitions. Let’s make an example. If our topic is about how to make a paper, then we must make the contents of our supporting sentences are about the process of the way how to make a paper.

So, we can get the conclusion that adequate unity and coherence mean that a paragraph has one main idea and all the supporting sentences and detail are hold together with appropriate transitions.

Now you know what adequate unity and coherence in writing are and the way how to make it. Happy writing! Enjoy your learning!

DESCRIBING MYSELF

Today’s lesson I will give you the example of descriptive paragraph like what I’ve promised you in previous lesson about descriptive paragraph. This paragraph will describe about the identity of mine, how do I look like, my thing, and my activities in my free time.

 

Introduction of Mine

My name is Riris Harwiyati. Most of my friends call me Riris or Cuplis. I am Muslim. I am young and religious woman. I am undergraduate student of Muhammadiyah University of Metro. I have not been a successful person, but I am still 19. I was born on January 28^th_, 1995 in Margototo, located in Metro Kibang, East Lampung. I live in that beautiful safe place. My body is skinny and small. Even though I am not tall, but I have well build body. My height is 151 cm, and I am 35 kg. I have round face with two black small eyes, thin eyebrows, small thin lips and one mole under my left eye, my left cheek and on my tiny nose. My skin is bright brown. It shows that I am Javanese. I like to wear big clothes and big veil. I look like a school boarding house student, or even junior high school student, thus many people who have not known me argue that I am childish but so religious. The best thing of mine is singing. So, singing is my hobby. My friends said that I am good at it. I feel happy when I am singing a song. I love to sing English songs, because it  helps me to increase my skill in English. One that I love of singing, it can reduce my stress of doing assignments and facing my boring time. It can show my feeling too. I can sing every time I want to do.  Besides I like reading a book, watching movie, memorizing surah and new vocabulary, writing something or sleeping in my spare time. I prefer novels and fiction books to subject book to be my list in reading. I love to watch English animation and fantasy  films, such as Harry Potter, Kungfu Panda, etc. I am still new in writing. Hopefully I can publish my own book someday. Aamiin  

 

Well, that is the example of descriptive paragraph of mine. It is simple and easy to make, isn’t it?

 

Note:

O red: identification

O blue: descriptions