Cohesive Devices

• Repetition: to create an impactful effect, firm grasp
• Synonyms: provide the audience variations to a word's meaning
• Pronouns: help avoid repetition of words; connector to ideas, especially in transitions
• Transitional words: serve as extensions and platforms, avoids the displacement of ideas and incoherent thoughts
• Sentence patterns: correct order of words that would allow the readers to easily follow the text's train of thought