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Unity and Coherence in Academic Writing

Coherence? Huh? I don't get it!. A paragraph is coherent if all its sentences are connected logically so that they are easy to understand. You can create connections in and between sentences and between paragraphs by (a) using transitions and (b) referring to words and ideas that you have mention

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Unity and Coherence in Academic Writing

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    1. Unity and Coherence in Academic Writing

    2. Coherence? Huh? I don’t get it!

    3. Maintain coherence by using transitions

    4. Transitions can be used to indicate time

    5. Other transitions that indicate time:

    6. Transitions show similarities and differences.

    7. Other transitions that show similarities and differences:

    8. Transitions are used to add information:

    9. Other transitions used to add information:

    10. Transitions are used to introduce information that contradicts, changes, or qualifies what you have already said.

    11. Other transitions that are used to contradict, change, or qualify information:

    12. You may also use transitions to introduce examples, to repeat information, or to emphasize a point.

    13. Other transitions that introduce examples, repeat information, or emphasize a point:

    14. Transitions show cause and effect.

    15. Other transitions that show cause/effect:

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