Cohesion in the news
Posted by pakguru on November 17th, 2019 | 0 comments | coherence, coherence and cohesion, cohesion, cohesive devices, IELTS, interactive, writing
In this post we look at some cohesive devices used in a recent news report covering the unrest in Hong Kong.
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Instructions
Click on bold words and phrases in the box below to see how they relate to each other. Related words and phrases will appear highlighted, as will their corresponding cohesive devices in the list below the text.
- Repeating words or phrases here, here and here1,2
- Classification with examples of items that belong to a class here and here
- Time expressions to establish chronology
- Signals to show cause/effect, compare/contrast, etc.
1 Although students are often advised to avoid repetition, there are times when it cannot be avoided without making a text less cohesive (and therefore less coherent) – which can have a negative effect on your IELTS score for CC!
2 Notice that the word ‘police’ is repeated, but it is used in different forms, both as a noun and as an adjective. This kind of ‘repetition’ is good in terms of your IELTS score for Lexical Resource!
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