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Third Quarter

Module 5:
Using Appropriate Cohesive
Devices in Various Types
Of Speech
 INTRODUCTION

This module is written in support of the K to 12 Basic

Education Program to ensure attainment of standards
expected of you as learner.

This aims to equip you with the use of appropriate

cohesive devices in the various types of speech.

This includes the following activities/tasks

 Expected Learning Outcomes- this lays out the learning

outcome that you are expected to have accomplished
at the end of the module.
 Pre-test- This determines your prior learning on the
lesson you are about to take.
 Discussion of the lesson- This provides you with the
important knowledge, principles, and attitude that will
help you meet the expected learning outcome.
 Learning Activities- These provide you with the
application of the knowledge and principles that you
have gained from the lesson and enable you to further
enhance your skills as you carry out prescribed learning
outcome.
 Post- Test- This evaluates you overall understanding
about the module.
 With the different activities provided in this module,
may you find this material engaging and challenging as
it develops your critical thinking skills.

What I Need to Know

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to:
 use appropriate cohesive devices in various
types of speech.

What I Know

To find out what you already know about the topic to

be discussed in this module, take the pre test. Write your
answers on your notebook.

A. Directions: Choose the linking words given below to

complete the passage.

And although therefore

Moreover but

My Friend is a singer. He is intelligent

(1.)______hardworking.(2.) _______, he is creative.
(3.)__________ he has never received any award in India,
(4.)________he won a prize in a competition in America last
 year. (5.)________,he has decided to leave India and settle
down in America.

B. Directions: Pick out the coordinators in the sentence.

1. They are deciding whether to purchase the land now to
wait for another year.
2. The land owner spoke softly but clearly.
3. The farmers could not sell their tractors, nor could they
find buyers for their crops.
4. The mayor called both the landlords and their tenants
to a meeting.
5. The decision was not only sudden but unjust.
6. They rose in protest for the new law was not fair.
7. The men rushed into the building and up to the
governor’s office.

What’s In

Directions: Choose the correct subordinating conjunction in the

parenthesis to complete the statement. Write them in your
notebook.

1. I visit the Grand Canyon _____I go to Arizona. (once, whenever,

wherever)
2. This is the place _______we stayed the last time we visited.
(where, when, how)
3. ________you win first place; you will receive a prize.
(wherever, if, unless)
4. You won’t pass the test _____you study.(When, if unless)
5. I could not get a seat,____ I came early. (as, though, when)
6. We are leaving Wednesday _____or not it rains. (if, whether,
though)
7. Pay attention to your work ______you will not make mistakes.
(so that, unless, or)
8. The musicians delivered a rousing performance ______they
had rehearsed often. (though, as, once)
9. She’s honest______ everyone trusts her. (if, so, when)
10. Write this down_____ you forget. (or, when, lest)

What’s New
Directions: Choose the correct conjunction from the given
choices below to complete the sentence. (Capitalize when
needed)

Now that although because while nor otherwis thus

e
nonetheless Because therefor unlike since both as
of e

1. Stephen Crane’s schooling was not continuous; ______he

read all the 19th century English and the Greek and Latin
classics.
2. Medical scientists have not yet discovered what causes
muscular dystrophy, an inherited disorder that strikes nerve
tissue and cripples its victim. ______ do they know what
causes sudden death syndrome.
3. -4 ________ more and more is learned about the
biochemical changes that go on in the body ______it grows
older; scientist may someday be able to modify those
changes to ensure______ better health for the aged.

5.________ the emphasis on the technical study of language

and literature, Roman education was remote from the real
world and the interests of the schoolboys.
6. _______ the Greeks, who considered physical health a
part of education, the church considered the human body
something to be ignored

What is It

Cohesive Devices
We use cohesive devices to link sentences, paragraphs or
any pieces of text. In other words, cohesive devices make
our content coherent. Overusing cohesive devices or not
using them enough might affect the reader negatively.

Here is a list of words and phrases used as cohesive devices:

Addition

Coordinator Paired Transitions Prepositional

Phrase
And Both….and In addition In addition to
Not Further As well as
Only..but(also) more
Neither….nor Besides* Besides*
What’s Apart from
more
Also Aside from
On top of
 that
Moreover
Indeed

Coordinator- one who coordinates something

Paired- two corresponding things designed for use together
Transitions- a change or shift from one state, subject, place
etc. to another
Prepositional Phrase- a function word that typically
combines with a noun phrase to form a phrase which usually
express a modification or predication

Examples:
 Both/Not only proteins and/but also vitamins are
essential for small children.
 The film was neither well- made nor- well- performed.
 I can play the piano apart from the guitar.

Contrast

Coordinat Subordinating Transitions Prepositional

or Phrase
But Although, though However Despite
Yet Even, though, Nonetheless In spite of
much, as
Notwithstanding Yet, even, so For all
No matter Nevertheless Regardless of
+question word
However+adj./ still Notwithstandi
adv. ng
Adj./adv. Notwithstandi
+though/as ng
 Examples:
 Although he’s very smart, he cannot pass his
English class.
 No matter how smart you are, you shouldn’t
underestimate your opponents.
 He’s very smart, he doesn’t respect his friends
through.
 Regardless of age, anybody can ride the carousel.

Direct Contrast

Coordinator Subordinating Transitions Prepositional

Phrase
But While On the Unlike
contrary
Yet Whereas In contrast In contrast to
On the Contrary to
other hand
Conversely Contrarily/While
As whereas
opposed
to

Examples:

 The rainy season here is very cool, whereas, during

summer is very warm.
 It was hot yesterday, in contrast, it is very cold today.
 It’s windy today, on the other hand, its not raining.

Result

Paired Transitions Prepositional Phrase

So/such….that Therefore As a result of
As a result of this As a consequence of
As a result
So, this, hence
Consequently
As a
consequence of
this
Because of this
Accordingly

Cause Effect
Man’s hunting Causes leads to The danger of
whales in large results in their becoming
numbers Is the result for extinct.
Is responsible for
Effect Cause
Whales’ facing Is the result of Man’s hunting
extinction them in large
Is due to numbers.
Is a consequence
of
Result from

For Example:
 As a consequence if rising population, people now
have to cope with heavy traffic.
 It was such a great movie that I watched it three
times.
 The basketball team is introducing a talented young
player resulted in winning more games.
 Purpose

Subordinating Prep. Phrase

So that In order to
In order that To
For the purpose that For the purpose of
For tear of
So as to

For Example:
 I talked to shy girl for the purpose that she
wouldn’t feel isolated.
 We all spoke in quiet voices for fear of walking
the baby up.
 She went to her husband’s office for the
purpose of seeing him.

Comparison
Similarly
Equally
In the same way
Compared with
Like
Example:
I can speak Spanish, similarly, my brother ca speak Spanish.

Listings
First (ly)
Finally
In the first place
Then
To conclude
To begin
Next
Examples:
I loved England a lot. Firstly, I loved its museums. Secondly, I loved
its people. Finally, I loved its tourists attractions.

Giving Examples

For example namely

For instance
Such as
As follows
Example:
I like small pets such as cats and birds.

Generalizing
In general
Generally
In most cases
Most of the time
On the whole

Example:
In general, people don’t like getting up early.

What’s More

Directions: Read the following speech excerpts and pick out the
cohesive devices used. Write your answers in your notebook.

1. I Have A Dream- Martin Luther King, 1963

But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.
We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the
great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, we’ve come
 to cash this heck, a check that will give us upon demand the
riches of freedom and the security of justice.

2. We shall fight On the Beaches – Winston Churchill, 1940

The British Empire and the French Republic, linked together in
their cause and their need, will defend to the death their native
soil, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of
their strength.

3. Kennedy Inauguration Speech- John F. Kennedy, 1961

The world is very different now. For man olds in his mortal
hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all
forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for
which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe-
the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity
of the state but from the hand of God.

Finally, to those nations who would make themselves our

adversary, we offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides
begin anew the quest for peace, before the dark powers of
destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in
planned or accidental self-destruction.

4. The Man With The Muck- Rake- Theodore Roosevelt, 1906

This truth should be kept constantly in mind by every free
people desiring to preserve the sanity and poise indispensable
to the permanent success of self- government. Yet, on the
other hand, it is vital not to permit this spirit of sanity and self-
command to generate into mere mental stagnation. Bad
though a state of hysterical excitement is, and evil though the
results are which come from the violent oscillations such
excitement invariably produces, yet a sodden acquiescence in
evil is even worse.
 What I Have Learned

I have learned that:

 Cohesive devices, sometimes called linking words, linkers, connectors, and

discourse markers or transitional words.
 Cohesive devices are words or phrases that show the relationship
between paragraphs or sections or a text or speech. Cohesive devices are
words like for example, in conclusion, however, and moreover.
Cohesion is the grammatical and lexical linking within a text or a sentence
that hold a text together and gives it meaning.

What Can I Do

Directions: Use cohesive devices appropriately to write a narrative.

Underline each as they appear in your sentences. Write your speech
with at least three (3) paragraphs in your notebook. Please be guided
by the rubrics provided below

Rubrics of Writing a Speech

Criteria Excellent Skills Good Skills Developing Beginning

4 3 2 1
 Content Information is Information Still require Coherence of
accurate, is a consistent the information
developing a interesting information suffers from
comprehensiv and to many
e relevant understand grammatical
understanding the issue. errors.
of all aspects
of the issue.
Grammar Sentences are Sentences Sentences Sentences
free from have few have full require revision.
error. error. error
Language All sentences Most Most Sentences
Mechanics are well sentences sentences sound awkward,
constructed are well are well are
and have constructed constructed destructively
varied and have a but they repetitive, or
structure varied have similar are difficult to
length structure structure understand.
length and length.

Assessment

Circle the most suitable conjunction to complete each all the

sentences below.

1. ______ being able t fly, Billy did not want to go up the

mountain.
Yet because so while
2. ________ The King of Destiny was the top. Billy stayed at the
bottom.
 Although because despite and
3. I would go up there _______I am worried the eagles will attack
me.
But so when whatever
4. ________ The eagles are asleep, then Billy could go up there.
because but yet when
5. The eagles had gone to sleep_________ Billy decided to fly up
the mountain.
because so despite although
6. Billy got to keep the Ring of Destiny_______ he was the one
who went up the mountain and got it.
Because so but yet
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