Analyse the text (Reid, 2007) in terms of its cohesive systems. Look for the various cohesive chains that operate throughout the text - minor ones as well as major - and check the cohesive links from one sentence to another.

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The Question:

Analyse the text (Reid, 2007) in terms of its cohesive systems. Look for the various cohesive chains that operate throughout the text - minor ones as well as major - and check the cohesive links from one sentence to another. Then, in an essay of about 750 words, explain the cohesive systems of the text and their contribution to its overall meaning.

The Essay

Journalist use simple cohesive devices of repetition and synonymy to link information within the context of their stories to provide an ease of comprehension and improved lexico-grammatical flow. By analysing the article by Tim Reid (2007) "Mystery of the vanishing watch in President's timeless moment", I will explain how the author uses cohesive systems, chains and links to contribute to the overall meaning of the story. I will expose the exophoric and endophoric referencing and the use of word sets that link the story together and how this is achieved.

Analysis

Firstly, the opening sentence contains an exophoric reference as it says, "It is standard tourist advice", which may or may not be common knowledge to the reader, yet the author assumes the reader knows this and therefore