Understanding coherence is crucial for students to produce coherent texts. Yin Cheung (In:
RENANDYA & WIDODO, 2016) points out that teachers should guide students in grasping
coherence, from the narrow view of sentence connection to the broader idea of linking
ideas at the discourse level to create meaning for readers. About two common features of
coherence, read the text that follows:
__________________ help establish relationships between different sentences, with
examples including pronouns, conjunctions, repetition, superordinates and hyponyms (like
animals/cats), as well as synonyms and antonyms. Another tool for enhancing coherence
in writing is ________________, which help readers structure, interpret, and assess
information. Examples include logical connectives (e.g., therefore, but), sequencers (e.g.,
firstly, finally), certainty markers (e.g., certainly), among others.
The noun phrases that correctly fills in the text, from left to right, is