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Unity and Coherence

Unity and Coherence. Unity means that a paragraph discusses one and only one main idea from the beginning to end. Coherence in writing means that the sentences must hold together; that is, the movement from one sentence to the next must be logical and smooth. There must be no sudden jumps.

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Unity and Coherence

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  1. Unity and Coherence • Unity means that a paragraph discusses one and only one main idea from the beginning to end. • Coherence in writing means that the sentences must hold together; that is, the movement from one sentence to the next must be logical and smooth. There must be no sudden jumps.

  2. Two ways to achieve unity • Discuss only one idea in a paragraph • Always stay on the topic in your supporting sentence

  3. Four ways to achive coherence (See page 22) • Repeat key nouns, or use the key noun substitutes (synonyms or expressions with the same meaning) • Use consistent pronouns • Use transition signals to link ideas (See page 27 for list of transition signals and conjunctive adverbs with their meaing and functions. See page 30 and 31 for practice • Arrange your ideas in logical order

  4. Some common kinds of logical order • Chronological order order by time – a sequence of events or steps in a process. (See the paragraph on page 33 for the example) • Logical division of ideas a topic is divided into parts, and each part is discussed separately. (See the paragraph about gold on page 3 for the example) • Comparison/contrast the similarities and/or differences between two or more items are discussed. (See the paragraph about synonyms on page 5 for the example)

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