English 4th QTR reviewer

are words that connect ideas together so that the paragraph can be seen as a whole rather than a series of unrelated sentences.

• Cohesive Device

• Adjectives
• Prepositions
• Conjunctions

are words used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause

• Conjunctions
• Prepositions
• Adverbs
• Interjections

are words and phrases that indicate the relationship between two sentences or paragraphs.

• Adverbs
• Transitions

• Conjunctions
• Prepositions

Using pronouns to refer to ideas previously mentioned

• References

• Using pronouns decreases the readability of text.
• Pronouns should only be used for people.
• Using pronouns makes writing more complex.

use of same words or expression to achieve cohesion

• grammatical cohesion
• Repetition

• pragmatic cohesion
• semantic cohesion

words that come together with other words to form a common expression used by people.

• idioms
• phrases
• expressions
• collocations

substituting words and expressions with their synonyms.

• Substitution

• Antonym replacement
• Word definition
• Phrase translation

the omission of certain words or expressions. It is assumed that the omitted words or expressions are already known by the reader.

• ellipsis
• ellipsis phrase
• ellipsis mark
• ellipsis point

is a detail or statement that can be verified and proven

• Fact
• Hypothesis
• Assumption
• Opinion

is a judgement formed based on facts that one has gathered.

• Opinion

• Personal belief
• Uninformed guess
• Random speculation