AQA GCSE English Language · 8700
Paper 1, Paper 2
The connections that hold a text together, created through features such as pronouns, repeated ideas and linking expressions.
Revise: Paper 1 Question 5The repeated movement gives the paragraph cohesion and develops confinement without announcing ‘the tiger is trapped’. Precise details—the worn earth, shoulders and camera—connect the animal to its surroundings. The short sentences briefly sharpen the contrast between visitors watching and the animal turning away.
- Revise: Narrative writing: the opening of a story
The connections that link parts of a text, such as references to earlier details, repeated images and linking words.