Lexical cohesion
Cohesion achieved through vocabulary relationships, including word repetition, synonymy, antonymy, hyponymy/hypernymy, and semantic fields that link sentences and create textual continuity.
Real World
A tabloid front page covering a celebrity scandal might use 'affair', 'betrayal', 'cheat', and 'two-timing' across a single article — synonymic lexical cohesion that reinforces the semantic field of infidelity and amplifies moral judgement.
Exam Focus
Identify the specific type of lexical cohesion (repetition, synonymy, semantic field) rather than simply noting 'similar words are used throughout the text'.
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