Making Your Writing Flow: Devices for Cohesion
English: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 2.4.10
Making Your Writing Flow with Nouns and Pronouns
You want your writing to 'flow' and not sound boring. We call this having cohesion.
Devices for cohesion
- Having cohesion is when your writing 'flow' and not sound boring.
- To make your writing flow, you can use a mixture of nouns and pronouns.
Example without cohesion
- Gareth was a smart boy. Gareth always got the best grades. Gareth had lots of friends and Gareth was very sporty.
- Using 'Gareth' over and over again is very boring.
- If we use a mixture of pronouns and nouns, the sentences will flow more easily.
Example with cohesion
- Gareth was a smart boy. He always got the best grades. Gareth had lots of friends and he was very sporty.
Test yourself on Making Your Writing Flow: Devices for Cohesion
What should you use a mixture of to make your writing flow more easily?
What sentence use devices for cohesion correctly?