Cohesion devices
Linguistic mechanisms that create coherence within and between sentences, including lexical cohesion (vocabulary repetition, synonymy, hyponymy) and grammatical cohesion (pronoun reference, conjunction, parallel structures).
Real World
A BBC News report on a flooding disaster uses pronoun chains ('residents... they... their homes'), conjunctions ('however', 'as a result'), and semantic repetition ('flood', 'water', 'inundation') to guide readers seamlessly through complex information.
Exam Focus
Distinguish between lexical and grammatical cohesion in your answer; examiners reward precise terminology over generic references to 'linking words'.
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