Coherence (FLICCc)

Question 1

Formatting/Layout - conventions

Answer 1

• outlines proceeding content and helps direct reader
• provides information about sections of a text to support navigation
• forming structured lists to be easily navigable and clearly set out
• easily locatable information, eg. tables and charts
• discourse markers support comprehension/order/system
• information presented side-by-side for easy viewing
• consistency in manner in which items are presented

Question 2

Logical order (inherent logic)

Answer 2

• discourse markers aid order
• sequencing of events and content, eg hyponymy (general -> specific)

Question 3

Inference

Answer 3

• unnecessary implied information is ellipted
• ‘read between the lines’
• increased clarity/straightforwardness
• removes confusion

Question 4

Consistency of tense

Answer 4

• grounds the text within a certain time frame from which we understand all elements referred to in the text, eg. a narrative

Question 5

Consistency of person

Answer 5

• maintains a constant perspecgtive

Question 6

(Consistency of semantic field)

Answer 6

• lexemes used consistently across the entire discourse (jargon)
• DO NOT USE UNLESS LAST RESORT - easily confused with subject-specific lexis and can be analysed as such if so much as ‘in the text’ is written