cohesive devices
DESCRIPTION
Cohesive devices, sometimes called linking words, linkers, connectors, discourse markers or transitional words, are one of the most misunderstood and misused parts of IELTS Writing.Cohesive devices are words like ‘For example‘, ‘In conclusion‘, ‘however‘ and ‘moreover‘. Together with coherence, cohesion provides 25% of your marks in both parts of the Writing test. However, most students have not been taught how to use them effectively.This post will look at how and, more importantly, when we should use them.TRANSCRIPT
COHESIVEDEVICESIELTSADVANTAGE.COM
COMPARISONALSOEQUALLYSIMILARLYLIKEWISECOMPARED WITH
ADDITIONANDALSOFURTHERMORETOOWHAT IS MORE
EXEMPLIFICATIONFOR EXAMPLE,FOR INSTANCE,TO ILLUSTRATESUCH ASNAMELY
SEQUENCINGFIRSTSECONDNEXTTHENAFTER
RESULTSOTHEREFOREAS A RESULTTHUSBECAUSE
CONTRASTIN COMPARISONIN CONTRASTINSTEADON THE CONTRARYCONVERSELY
QUALIFYINGBUTHOWEVERALTHOUGHEXCEPTUNLESS
REFORMULATIONIN OTHER WORDSPUT MORE SIMPLYTHAT IS TO SAYRATHERIN SIMPLE TERMS
HIGHLIGHTINGIN PARTICULARESPECIALLYMAINLYPARTICULARLYABOVE ALL
TRANSITIONTURNING TOWITH REGARD TOWITH REFERENCE TOAS FAR AS X ISCONCERNED