COHERENCE AND COHESION

Some redundancy is necessary for successful communication. __________

is a coherence principle that depends on optimal redundancy.

• Ordering

• Repetition

• Transitions

• Synonyms

Since, next, however, therefore, similarly are all examples of

• Antecedents

• Pronouns

• Synonyms

• Transitional words

Choose the paragraph that uses pronouns most coherently:

• I like paragraphs. Writing them can be fun and easy if you know what

  principles to follow. Paragraphs are essential

• I like paragraphs. Writing paragraphs can be fun and easy if you

  know what principles to follow. They are essential

• I like paragraphs. Writing paragraphs can be fun and easy if you

  know what principles to follow.

Chronology, comparison-contrast, and cause-effect are examples of

__________ principles that lend coherence to a paragraph.

• Logical

• Ordering

• Timing

• Continue

______ are particularly used. These are different words that represent the same idea.

• Antonym

• Repeated

• Noun

• Synonym

If you are to repeat the key terms “doctors, nurses, medical technologists, and

the like” what word should you use best?

• Medical Practitioners

• Medical People

• People that work in hospitals

• People that can cure

What principle of cohesion should you apply when you want to

emphasize an essential key term?

• Reference Words

• Transition Words

• Substitution Words

• Synonym

Repetition of key terms or essential ideas is vital in achieving cohesion

but what should you avoid to repeat?

• Same ideas, different terms

• Same ideas, same terms

• Same ideas presented in synonymous words

What is the most appropriate transition word to use to connect these

two ideas, "You will face many defeats in life, ___ never let yourself be defeated".

• However

• So

• But

• And

What is the most correct pronoun word to use in the quotation?

"Nobody could answer ____ questions."

• This

• These