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1、UnityandCoherence07/2012Chou1UnityAparagraphdiscussesoneandonlyonemainideafrombeginningtoend.Asentencethatdoesnotbelonginaparagraphiscalledirrelevantsentence.Forexample,ifyourparagraphisabouttheadvantageofowningacompactcar,discussonlythat.Donotdiscussthe
2、disadvantages.Furthermore,discussonlyoneadvantageinthatparagraph,suchasgaseconomy.Ifyoubegintodiscussanotheradvantage,startanewparagraph.07/2012Chou207/2012Chou3CoherenceWhatiscoherence?Coherencegenerallymeansnaturalorreasonableconnection.Inlanguagecommu
3、nication,itreferstoalogical,orderlyandaestheticalrelationshipbetweenparts,inspeech,writing,orargument.Inotherwords,Whensentences,ideas,anddetailsfittogetherclearly,readerscanfollowalongeasily,theideastietogethersmoothlyandclearly,andthewritingiscoherent.
4、Coherenceisanimportantprinciplewhichweshouldabidebyinacademicwriting.?Whatmethodsdoyouhaveforachievingcoherence?CoherenceTheLatinverbcoheremeans“holdtogether”.Forcoherencewriting,thesentencesmustholdtogether;thatis,themovementfromonesentencetothenextmust
5、belogicalandsmooth.Keystoachievecoherence:Keynounsrepetition.ConsistentpronounTransition/LinkingwordsDefinitearticleSynonymsArrangeideasinlogicalorder07/2012Chou5RepeatKeynounsOnereasonforstudyingpsychologyistohelpyoudealwithyouryoungdaughterrefusestogot
6、obedwhenyouwanthertoandburstintotearsattheleastmentionof“lightsout.”Alittleknowledgeofpsychologycomesinhandy.Offerherachoiceofstayingupuntil7:30withyouorgoingupstairsandplayinguntil8:00.Sinceshegettomakethechoice,shedoesnotfeelsopowerlessandwillnotresist
7、.Psychologyisalsousefulinrewardingachildforajobwelldone.Insteadoftellingyouten-yearoldsonwhatagoodboyheiswhenhemakeshisownbed,tellhimhowhappyyouaretoseeit,andhowproudofhimyouarefordoingitbyhimself.Thepsychologybookswilltellyouthatbeingagoodboyismuchharde
8、rtoliveuptothandoingonejobwell.07/2012Chou61.RepetitionofaKeyTermorPhraseExample:Theproblemwithcontemporaryartisthatitisnoteasilyunderstoodbymostpeople.Contemporaryartisdeliberatelyabstract,andthatmeansitleavestheviewerwon
