COHESIVE DEVICES (ENGLISH) Flashcards
This means “to stick together”
Cohesive
It is used to enhance the flow of our writing. It provides solid cooperation and teamwork.
Cohesive Devices
Refers to how well something connects and links.
Cohesion
When ideas in writing are connected and built on to create a logical flow as we read.
Text cohesion
What are the types of COHESIVE DEVICES?
Repetitions
Adverbials
Determiners
Transition Words
When a word, idea or statement is repeated to emphasize important information.
Repetition
Are words or phrases that express time, place or manner.
Adverbials
Is a word that comes before a noun to add detail to the nouns and make links to what has already been said.
Determiners
Words that help link ideas within a text, sequence information, add to information and counter information.
Transition words
Every morning, Jody ate fruit and oats to start her day. At school, she made sure she ate enough healthy snacks to keep her energy levels high. Sometimes, Jody would help her parents cook dinner. She always ate dinner with her family.
What type of cohesive device is used?
Adverbials
Tali loved eating sponge cake. However, she had never made one herself. Today was the
day. First, she read the recipe carefully. Next, she whipped the eggs and sugar. Finally, she
cut the fruit and decorated the top. It was perfect!
What type of cohesive device is used?
Transition Words
Nikka played in a local football team with all her friends. They were called the Titans. She loved playing in this team. The friends trained every Thursday night and played in a competition on Saturday mornings. Her position was goalkeeper, though sometimes she played winger.
What type of cohesive device is used?
Determiners
Training was a part of Drew’s every day as the triathlon loomed. His training started in the early morning with a few laps at the local pool. Drew rode his bike to school, which provided good training for the bike component. Each weekend, he did a big run with a friend to prepare.
What type of cohesive device is used?
Repetition
A text is cohesive if its elements are linked together. TRUE or FALSE?
True
A text is coherent if it makes sense. TRUE or FALSE
True
