How Is It Used?

Worksheet Description

The “Cohesive Device Hunt” worksheet is an activity that encourages students to actively search for and identify cohesive devices within a given text. It defines cohesive writing as the connection of ideas at the sentence level to support the main idea of a text. The worksheet specifically asks students to look for three types of cohesive devices: pronouns referring back to previously mentioned nouns, synonyms used in place of previously mentioned nouns, and transition words or connectors that illustrate the relationship between ideas.

The worksheet teaches students to recognize and understand the function of cohesive devices in writing. By searching for pronouns, synonyms, and transition words in context, students practice pinpointing the techniques that writers use to ensure their writing is clear and well-structured. This activity helps to build students’ analytical reading skills, as well as their ability to employ these devices in their own writing. Ultimately, the goal is to improve the students’ capacity to create coherent texts that flow logically from one idea to the next.