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Cohesive in academic writing

1. Coherence and cohesion in academic writing 24 TH OCTOBER 2017

2. What are we trying to accomplish today? Coherent and Cohesion in Academic Writing Revelation of the marks for Test 1

3. Before that..

4. Thesis Statement vs Topic Sentence

5. Thesis Sentence One or two sentences at the end of an introduction that states the main point of the essay.

6. Topic Sentence is NOT the title OR merely the topic of your writing!

7. Topic Sentence

8. Quick Test! There are several ways for college students to improve their study habits. Studying in a quiet environment helps students improve their study habits.

9. Big Fat Review One or two s entences End of the introduction States the main points of the essay More of a mini- thesis Must relate back to and support the thesis Reviews paragraph content

10. Coherence & cohesion In academic writing

11. Coherence The connection and organisation of ideas in a text to create unity.

12. How to create link between ideas?

13. Exercise Time! In your group, discuss the problems in the passage.

14. Sample Answer Crippling student debt is stifling the growth of the U.S. economy because it inhibits graduates from being able to spend money on consumer goods and home purchases. To alleviate this, lenders should be required to forgive student loans in cases where students are unable to repay their debts. Doing so would benefit the growth of the economy by increasing tax revenues, unfreezing credit markets, and creating jobs.

15. Exercise Two

16. Adventure Tourism: Topic Sentence: Adventure tourism is a different way for tourists to see New Zealand.

17. Time Management Topic Sentence: To be successful at university, students need to learn good time-management skills. 

18. Cohesion While coherence focuses on the overall (macro) structure of the essay, cohesion is more specific . It pays attention to links between words and sentences .

19. Exercise on Page 96 Textbook of course …