Lesson 6 QUIZ - Textual Cohesion

What is the main function of transitional devices in academic writing?

• Maintain coherence and flow in academic writing

• Add unnecessary complexity to the writing

• Create confusion among readers

• Introduce irrelevant information

Identify the transitional device in the following sentence: 'However, the results of the study were inconclusive.'

• However

• Moreover

• Therefore

• Nonetheless

Explain how transitional devices create cohesion in a paragraph.

• Transitional devices create cohesion in a paragraph by linking ideas, showing relationships, and guiding the reader through the text.

• Transitional devices create cohesion in a paragraph by abruptly changing topics.

• Transitional devices create cohesion in a paragraph by introducing irrelevant information.

• Transitional devices create cohesion in a paragraph by causing confusion and disarray.

How can transitional devices improve the readability of a text?

• Transitional devices improve readability by signaling relationships between sentences and paragraphs, creating coherence and smooth transitions.

• Transitional devices hinder readability by creating confusion between sentences and paragraphs.

• Transitional devices make the text harder to follow by disrupting the flow of information.

• Transitional devices have no impact on readability as they are irrelevant to the text structure.

Provide an example of a transitional device that signals a cause and effect relationship.

• thus

• consequently

• hence

• therefore

Why is it important to use transitional devices in academic writing?

• To add unnecessary complexity

• To make the writing longer

• To confuse the reader

• To improve the flow and coherence of academic writing.

Identify the transitional device in the sentence: 'In conclusion, the findings support the hypothesis.'

• In summary,

• In conclusion,

• To summarize,

• Finally,

How do transitional devices help to guide the reader through a piece of writing?

• Transitional devices help signal shifts in ideas, connect different parts of the text, and provide a smooth flow of information.

• Transitional devices confuse the reader by introducing irrelevant information.

• Transitional devices hinder the flow of information in a piece of writing.

• Transitional devices are unnecessary and add complexity to the text.

Apply a transitional device to connect the following two sentences: 'The experiment was successful. The researchers were able to draw meaningful conclusions.'

• Despite the experiment being successful, the researchers were unable to draw meaningful conclusions.

• Consequently, the experiment was successful, and the researchers were able to draw meaningful conclusions.

• Therefore, the experiment was successful, and the researchers were able to draw meaningful conclusions.

• In conclusion, the experiment was successful, and the researchers were able to draw meaningful conclusions.

What effect does the use of transitional devices have on the flow of a text?

• Transitional devices slow down the flow of a text by adding unnecessary details

• Transitional devices disrupt the flow of a text by creating confusion

• Transitional devices enhance the flow of a text by improving coherence and facilitating smooth transitions between ideas.

• Transitional devices have no impact on the flow of a text