Mini-Explainer: Cohesive Devices

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by Lucy Passmore6 views·Updated Mar 8, 2021
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  1. Hello. My name is Lucy Passmore.
  2. I'm an ant's author, a member of the wheel of
  3. a sales team.
  4. In order to be well prepared for the arts test,
  5. it's important to know how you will be assessed in
  6. the out speaking test.
  7. You'll be marked on coherence and the use of cohesive
  8. devices. But what does this mean?
  9. Well, cohesive devices are words or phrases that you can
  10. use to link your ideas together when you are speaking
  11. or writing.
  12. These may include linking words for adding ideas such as.
  13. Furthermore, in addition or and imagine.
  14. Somebody asked you to describe a hobby that you have
  15. and you want to talk about baking.
  16. You can use the cohesive device and to link to
  17. your ideas.
  18. It helps me to relax and gives me the chance
  19. to be creative.
  20. You can then use the cohesive device.
  21. Furthermore, to add another idea, furthermore, I love inviting my
  22. friends over to eat cakes.
  23. You can also use linking words to contrast ideas such
  24. as, however, on the other hand, or but when talking
  25. about my baking hobby, for example, I might say I
  26. usually find baking relaxing.
  27. However, it can be stressful if the recipe goes wrong.
  28. These words and phrases will help you to organize your
  29. ideas and sound coherent