Unity presentation

1. UNITYUNITY
Unity is what keeps a work of
literature together, it’s a tool that
will make your work stronger
and more interesting.
On Writing Well
William Zinsser Chapter 8

2. Applying Unity to a writing will help Applying Unity to a writing will help 
to keep a reader interested.  Unity to keep a reader interested.  Unity 
will help you to incorporate any will help you to incorporate any 
material necessary into your work.material necessary into your work.
“Unity is the anchor of good writing.  
It satisfies your readers’ subconscious 
need for order”

3. Unity of Pronoun
Unity of pronoun is deciding whether you’ll speak
in the first person, as a participant or in the
third person, second person or even as an observer.

4. Unity Of Tense
Unity of tense is writing in the past or present, write in Unity of tense is writing in the past or present, write in
whichever is going to principally address the reader.whichever is going to principally address the reader.
It is not a good idea however to switch back and forth.It is not a good idea however to switch back and forth.

5. Unity of Mood
Unity of Mood is setting a tone for your
writing. Just like Unity of Tense though
you should not mix two or three.

6. To incorporate unity in your work you should ask yourself :
“In what capacity am I going to address the reader?”
“What pronoun and tense am I gong to use?” “What Style?”
“What attitude am I going to take toward the material?”
“How much do I want to cover?” “What point do I want to make?”

7. Unity In Writing
Unity in writing should be on every writers mind
before they begin, it is important because
if you are writing to be heard the readers should
be involved and interested throughout the entire
work, and unity will help you achieve that.

8. QUESTIONS:
Why is unity in writing important?
What does unity provide in writing?
How can you incorporate unity into your
work?