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CohesionCohesion describes the way
in which a text is tied together by linguistic devices, such as And so we see . . . ,
Additonally . . . , Therefore . . . ,
However . . . and On the other hand . . .
coherence
• A text has coherence if its constituent sentences follow on one from the other in an orderly fashion so that the reader can make sense of the entire text.•
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• Time flies like an arrow. On the other hand, fruit flies like a banana. Cohesive but incoherent? • A little, but not entirely, like Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
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• Cohesion is "the glue that sticks a sentence to another in a paragraph or a paragraph to another in a text."
• A text can be cohesive through the use of the following devices:
• Repetition. In sentence B (the second of any two sentences), repeat a word from sentence A.
• Synonymy. If direct repetition is too obvious, use a synonym of the word you
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• Synonymy. If direct repetition is too obvious, use a synonym of the word you wish to repeat. This strategy is call 'elegant variation.'
• Antonymy. Using the 'opposite' word, an antonym, can also create sentence cohesion, since in language antonyms actually share more elements of meaning than you might imagine.
• Parallelism. Repeat a sentence structure. This technique is the oldest, most overlooked, but probably the most elegant method of creating cohesion.
continued• Transitions. Use a conjunction or conjunctive adverb to link sentences with particular logical relationships. There are many kinds of transitions.
• Coherence means that the text is easy to read and understand because the text follows a certain kind of logical order and the organization of ideas is systematical and logical.
• Some kinds of logical order:• chronological order, spatial order, order of importance