AQA GCSE English Language · 8700
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Revise: Paragraphs and cohesionThird minute — links: Check discourse markers, recurring details and any unexplained changes of viewpoint.
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GCSE English Language · key term
A word or phrase that signals a relationship between ideas, such as contrast, addition or consequence.
Used by AQA and OCR
Paper 1, Paper 2
Revise: Paragraphs and cohesionThird minute — links: Check discourse markers, recurring details and any unexplained changes of viewpoint.
Paper 1, Paper 2
A word or phrase that signals how an idea relates to another idea, for example ‘however’, ‘as a result’ or ‘meanwhile’.
Choose a discourse marker for its meaning, not simply to make a paragraph sound formal.
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A discourse marker signals the relationship between ideas. Choose it after deciding what that relationship is.