Discourse

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Discourse
Unit of language longer than a sentance
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Cohesion
The way in which a text is built in order to create meaning and ensure that a text makes sense,
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Lexical cohesion
A group of words related by meaning, making the focus of the discourse clear
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Grammatical cohesion: Syntactic parallelism
Repetition in clauses, sentences or punctuation
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Semantic cohesion: Anaphoric reference
A word or phrase which refers back to a previous part of the text
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Semantic cohesion: Cataphoric reference
A word or phrase which refers ahead to another part of the text
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Phonological cohesion: Phonemic patterning
Alliteration, consonance, assonance, sibilance
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Graphological cohesion
Using images to support text, using logos or icons to add credibility and professionalism
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Cohesion

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The way in which a text is built in order to create meaning and ensure that a text makes sense,

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Lexical cohesion

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Grammatical cohesion: Syntactic parallelism

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Semantic cohesion: Anaphoric reference

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