How to Write Clearly: Cohesion & Coherence

Do people tell you that your writing is hard to follow? That they can’t figure out what your main argument is? If so, this video may help. In this tutorial, I show how to restructure your writing so that it flows well (cohesion) and all sentences in a paragraph support the main point (coherence). By paying attention to cohesion and coherence, you will be able to write more clearly and effectively.

00:00 Intro
00:29 What is cohesion?
00:44 What is coherence?
01:00 Example
01:36 Revision to improve coherence
02:03 Revision to improve cohesion
04:00 Revised example
04:30 Final thoughts

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