What are Cohesive Devices? Flashcards
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Cohesive Devices
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Cohesive devices are **words and phrases **that link your ideas together to make your essay
flow smoothly. They are the glue that stick your sentences and paragraphs to each other.
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Overview Cohesive Devices
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- Overall,
- Generally,
- Generally speaking,
- In general,
- In brief/short,
- By and large,
- Basically,
- As a rule,
- Essentially,
- On the whole,
- All things considered,
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Opening Cohesive Devices
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- Considering…
- Regarding…,
- In regards to…
- Moving on to…
- In terms of…,
- Specifically,
- To be specific,
- Research shows that…
- Research has found…
- When it comes to…
- With respect to…
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**Sequence **Cohesive Devices
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- First/Firstly,
- Second/Secondly,
- Last/Lastly…
- Initially/Finally
- Meanwhile,
- Subsequently,
- Eventually,
- Immediately,
- Before/After
- During/While…
- Simultaneously,
- Following this…
- … followed by…
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Addition Cohesive Devices
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- Additionally,
- Furthermore,
- Moreover,
- …as well as…
- …not only _____, but
- also…
- In addition to…,
- On top of that…
- Besides…
- Another point…
- Another reason is…
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Comparison Cohesive Device
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Similarly,
Likewise,
Equally,
Compared with/to
In comparison,
Similar to…
… as _____ as…
like…
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Contrast Cohesive Device
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- Alternatively,
- On the contrary,
- In/by contrast,
- On the other hand,
- Conversely,
- Nevertheless,
- Nonetheless,
- Though/Although
- Even though…
- Despite/In spite of…
- While/Whereas…
- Unlike…
- Instead,
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Cause/Effect Cohesive Device
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- Thus,
- Therefore,
- Consequently,
- As a consequence,
- As a result of…
- …due to…
- …leading to…
- …resulting in…
- Because of…
- Hence…
- Thereby…
- Owing to…
- For this reason…
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Emphasis Cohesive Device
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- Above all,
- Mainly,
- In particular,
- …particularly…
- …especially…
- …notably…
- …remarkably…
- Certainly,
- Absolutely,
- Undoubtedly,
- There is no doubt…
- Precisely
- Surely
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Illustration Cohesive Devices
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- As an example,
- For instance,
- For example,
- Among others,
- …, such as…
- …namely,
- To cite an example,
- As an evidence,
- To illustrate,
- …illustrated by…
- In the case of…
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Qualification Cohesive Devices
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- If…
- Although…
- Unless…
- …, except…
- As long as…
- Apart from…
- Provided that…
- In case…
- Whether…
- Regardless of…
- Despite of…
- Otherwise…
- Now that…
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Reference Cohesive Device
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- …former/latter
- In relation to…
- …, respectively
- In proportion to…
- Such…
- This/that…
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Clarification Cohesive Device
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- To put it simply,
- That is to say,
- In other words,
- In short/brief,
- In fact,
- To clarify,
- In essence,
- To be more precise,
- To put it another way…
14
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why some people gravitate toward this
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in discussion and argumentb essays
