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Grades 3–8 Academic Language Studio
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WIDA Discourse Dimension · Reference Chains & Sentence Cohesion

Reference & Cohesion X-Ray

Strong academic writers do not repeat the exact same noun in every sentence. Combine these four choppy sentences into a cohesive passage using reference chains ('it', 'this drop', 'that ring') and logical connectors.

Choppy, Repetitive Sentences to Combine:

  1. Jun left the copper lantern on the oak desk at six o'clock.
  2. The copper lantern was not on the oak desk at 6:40 p.m.
  3. A soft wax ring stayed on the oak desk.
  4. The soft wax ring showed the copper lantern was warm recently.

Reference links to try: it, there, this ring, that ring, this clue, this detail

Logical connectors to try: however, but, instead, because, which, so

Replace repeated nouns with a pronoun or summary noun phrase (it, there, this ring, that ring).

Reference links used: none yet · Connectors: none yet