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Cohesive devices, sometimes called linking words, linkers, connectors, discourse markers or transitional words, are one of the most misunderstood and misused parts of IELTS Writing.Cohesive devices are words like ‘For example‘, ‘In conclusion‘, ‘however‘ and ‘moreover‘. Together with coherence, cohesion provides 25% of your marks in both parts of the Writing test. However, most students have not been taught how to use them effectively.This post will look at how and, more importantly, when we should use them.

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COHESIVEDEVICESIELTSADVANTAGE.COM

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ADDITIONANDALSOFURTHERMORETOOWHAT IS MORE

EXEMPLIFICATIONFOR EXAMPLE,FOR INSTANCE,TO ILLUSTRATESUCH ASNAMELY

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