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[Cohesion #1]
FOCUS: Cohesive ties
Sort concordances by keyword in the following exercises:

1) Search for "my mother" in the corpus (sort concordance by LEFT word). In line 1 of the hits which of the following has been used as a cohesive tie?
she
he
a

2) Has the cohesive tie in question (1) been used cataphorically or anaphorically?
cataphorically
anaphorically
neither

3) Search for "my dog" in the corpus (sort concordance by keyword). In line 5 of the hits which of the following has been used as a cohesive tie?
it
he
she

4) Has the cohesive tie in question (3) been used cataphorically or anaphorically?
cataphorically
anaphorically
neither

5) Search for "the * teacher" in the corpus (sort concordance by keyword). In line 2 which of the following has been used as a cohesive tie?
he
she
they

6) Search for "never had a gun" in the corpus. In the two hits, which of the following has been used as a cohesive tie?
that
it
one

7) Does the cohesive tie in the foregoing question have cataphoric or anaphoric reference?
cataphoric
anaphoric
both

8) Search for "would you like some"; in line one, what does the cohesive tie "some" point back to?
tea
coffee
cocoa


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