Cohesive Devices Interactive Resource

Cohesive Devices Interactive Resource

Cohesive Devices Lab The complete reference for linking ideas smoothly — reference, substitution, ellipsis, conjunction and lexical cohesion, with exhaustive lists and example sentences for every device. Exhaustive · Seamless embed · Eye-friendly Reference Substitution Ellipsis Conjunction Lexical Related 1. Reference Reference items point to something mentioned elsewhere in the text (endophoric) or outside it (exophoric). Endophoric reference may look backwards (anaphoric) or forwards (cataphoric). 1.1 Personal Reference Pronouns and possessive determiners that track people, things or abstractions already introduced. Device Example sentence he / she / it / they Woolf’s narrator remains elusive. She rarely offers direct judgment. him / her / them The critic praises the novel and recommends it to advanced readers. his / her / its / their The protagonist confronts his past in the final chapter. himself / herself / itself / themselves The poem turns back upon itself through sustained irony. one (generic) One …