Cohesion
Grammatical and lexical features that work together to form unity within a text.
What is cohesion?
Meaning constructed by the audience that is not explicitly stated in the text.
What is inference?
The organisation of information in a way that aids reader understanding.
What is logical ordering?
The visual presentation of a text, including layout and spacing.
What is formatting?
The logical and meaningful organisation of a text that allows ideas to be interpreted as connected.
What is textual coherence?
A cohesive device that avoids repetition by referring back to previously mentioned participants.
What is pronoun reference?
The sources readers draw on when making inferences, including context and prior knowledge.
What is shared knowledge?
A type of logical ordering that follows events as they occur in time.
What is chronological ordering?
A formatting feature that separates ideas into manageable units.
What are paragraphs?
The way ideas, sentences and paragraphs work together to form a unified whole.
What is unity?
The repetition of related vocabulary to maintain topic continuity.
What is lexical cohesion?
The process of drawing conclusions beyond what is written using reasoning.
What is inferencing?
A structure that presents information as a series of steps.
What is sequential ordering?
Headings, subheadings, dot points and lists that guide reader navigation.
What are layout conventions?
Connections between ideas that prevent a text from feeling disjointed.
What are smooth transitions?
A cohesive strategy where information is omitted but understood from context.
What is ellipsis?
A type of understanding that often relies on cultural or social context.
What is inferred meaning?
A method of organising information by topic or type rather than time.
What is categorical ordering?
The reason large headings often appear before smaller body text.
What is to establish hierarchy of information?
The level at which coherence operates across sentences, paragraphs and sections.
What is the whole-text level?
The reason a text can contain cohesive devices but still fail to make sense overall.
What is that cohesion does not guarantee coherence?
A breakdown in coherence that occurs when readers lack sufficient contextual information.
What is failed inference?
The intentional design of a text to increase audience understanding.
What is discourse planning?
A way colours, graphics or font choices can influence meaning.
What is visual meaning-making?
The reason coherence is essential for audience understanding of meaning.
Why does coherence allow readers to interpret what is being conveyed?