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Module 5 - Lesson 1 - Composing An Independent Critique of A Chosen Selection

This document discusses cohesive devices that can be used to connect ideas between parts of a text. It lists repetition of key terms or phrases, synonyms, pronouns, transitional words, and sentence patterns as techniques that help guide the reader through the writer's train of thought. Examples are provided to illustrate each technique. The document focuses on tools writers can use to achieve a clear logical flow from one sentence to the next and between paragraphs.

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Module 5 - Lesson 1 - Composing An Independent Critique of A Chosen Selection

This document discusses cohesive devices that can be used to connect ideas between parts of a text. It lists repetition of key terms or phrases, synonyms, pronouns, transitional words, and sentence patterns as techniques that help guide the reader through the writer's train of thought. Examples are provided to illustrate each technique. The document focuses on tools writers can use to achieve a clear logical flow from one sentence to the next and between paragraphs.

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Quarter 3 – TOPIC 3.

1: COMPOSING AN INDEPENDENT CRITIQUE OF A work out better the second time around are the ones that promise the most
CHOSEN SELECTION rewards

Lesson 1: Cohesive Devices 4. Transitional Words - There are many words in English that cue our readers to
relationships between sentences and joining sentences together. The words such as
Learning Competencies: however, therefore, in addition, also, but, moreover, etc.
1. Expand ideas using principles of cohesion. Example: I like autumn, yet autumn is a sad time of the year, too. The leaves
2. Identify the steps in writing an independent critique. turn bright shades of red and the weather is mild, but I cannot help thinking
3. Compose an independent critique of a specific selection. ahead to the winter and the ice storms that will surely blow through here. In
addition, that will be the season of chapped faces, too many layers of clothes to
COHESIVE DEVICES put on, and days when I will have to shovel heaps of snow from my car's
windshield.
Cohesive Devices are words or phrases used to connect ideas between different parts of
text. Writers use transitional words and phrases to achieve a clear, logical flow of thought Note that transitional words have meaning and are not just used at beginnings of
from sentence to sentence and from paragraph to paragraph. sentences. They can also be used to show relationships between different parts of the
same sentence. As mentioned above they cue readers on the relationships between
Listed below are some of the techniques that help the reader follow the writer’s train of sentences/clauses. If you use the wrong transitional word, then you confuse your reader.
thought. It would be better if you will not use any transitional word rather than the wrong one.
Furthermore, you do not need a transitional word at the beginning of each sentence.
1. Repetition of a Key Term or Phrase - This helps to focus your ideas and to keep your
reader on track. 5. Sentence Patterns - Sometimes, repeated or parallel sentence patterns can help the
Example: The problem with contemporary art is that it is not easily understood reader follow along and keep ideas tied together.
by most people. Contemporary art is deliberately abstract and that means it Example: (from a speech by President John F. Kennedy)
leaves the viewer wondering what she is looking at. And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you: ask
what you can do for your country.
2. Synonyms - Synonyms are words that have essentially the same meaning, and they
provide some variety in your word choices, helping the reader to stay focused on the idea
being discussed.
Example: Myths narrate sacred histories and explain sacred origins. These
traditional narratives are, in short, a set of beliefs that are a real force in the lives
of the people who tell them.

3. Pronouns - This, that, these, those, he, she, it, they, and we are useful pronouns for
referring to something previously mentioned. Be sure, however, that what you are
referring to is clear.
Example: When scientific experiments do not work out as expected, they are
often considered failures until some other scientists try them again. Those that

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