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cohesion and coherence

Cohesion and coherence The sentences in a paragraph are not loosely connected. There is a connection between the sentences. The second sentence might be the result of the first. If we read the third sentence without reading  the first two sentence, we cannot get at the meaning of that sentence. This logical link is one of the addition, or cause and effective relationship. It is not stated explicitely. This logical link is called ‘Coherence’ . A good easy should have cohesion and coherence. Cohesion is of three types. 1. Lexical Cohesion (Topical Cohesion) 2. Grammatical Cohesion (Cohesion) 3. Logical Cohesion (Coherence) Lexical cohesion/Topical cohesion                 The words used in an essay are essentially connected to the Topic. For (eg) the words like City, Town, Roads, Buildings, & Collectorate, College, University, Institutions-Public and Private, Clock Tower, Temple, Hotels, Treasury, Corporation, Market, Shops, Textile shops, Grocery Shop, Super