Exploring cohesive devices in non-chronological reports
I can identify cohesive devices that are used in a non-chronological report about a shark.
Exploring cohesive devices in non-chronological reports
I can identify cohesive devices that are used in a non-chronological report about a shark.
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Key learning points
- Text cohesion refers to how a text flows together to maintain the interest of the reader.
- We can improve text cohesion using cohesive devices that connect information within and between sentences.
- Compound and complex sentences can be used to join linked information in one sentence.
- Fronted adverbials can be used to show links between information in adjacent sentences.
- There are different types of complex sentence and fronted adverbials, which serve different purposes.
Keywords
Text cohesion - how a text flows to maintain the interest of the reader and achieve text purpose
Compound sentence - a sentence formed of two main clauses and a co-ordinating conjunction
Complex sentence - a sentence formed of at least one main clause and a subordinate clause
Fronted adverbial - a sentence starter followed by a comma
Common misconception
Pupils may have difficulty recognising that there are different types of complex sentence.
Different types of complex sentence contain different types of subordinate clause, each starting with a different type of word.
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subordinating conjunction (as, because, while...)
relative pronoun (who, which, whose...)
-ing form of verb (using, allowing, consuming...)
However,... / In addition to this,...
Due to this,... / As a result of this,...
Amazingly,... / Of particular interest,...