世纪英语专业中级英语写作Chapterparacoherence教程分析.pptVIP

Example: Read this paragraph and see if it’s coherent or not. Johnny bought a Ford. A car in which President Wilson road down the Champs Elysees (香榭丽舍大道) was black. Black English has been widely discussed. The discussion between the presidents ended last week. A week has seven days. Every day I feed my cat. Cats have four legs. The cat is on the mat. Mat has three letters. Transitional Words ? What is transitional word? Reference answer Evaluation of Student Samples Read Sample 1 p. 14-15 Compare the original version and the revised one Try to figure out what strategies adopted making the revised version much more coherent? inclination=tendency meticulous in their treatment of data= extra careful in handling details One Do He ,which this factor , who the doctor’s arrival When a scientist wants to find out common factors to account for known facts, the scientist chooses the method of the “controlled experiment”. Many people suffer from the disease. The disease can be cured. * * English Writing Instructor: WANG, YANG (SY13-14) Writing Chapter 2 Paragraph Coherence Coherence in a paragraph refers to the way the sentences are arranged and to their relationship to one another. When a paragraph is coherent, the sentences are arranged in a clear and logical order, the transitions are smooth and natural, and ideas flow smoothly and gracefully from one sentence to the next. As a result, the reader finds it easy to follow the writer’s INTRODUCTION train of thought. Generally, there are two devices that will help you achieve coherence in your writing: — transitional words and phrases that show specific kinds of relationships — the repetition of or reference to key terms. Transitional words and phrases signal specific kinds of relationships between the parts of sentences, between sentences in a paragraph, and between paragraphs in a Here are some of the most common transitional words and phrases and the relatio