Connectors and cohesive devices

Currently, Australia is the only developed nation that

has a significant population of Dugongs. Dr. Helene
Marsh estimates that the increase in the number of
Dugongs will be about 5% per year if ideal conditions
are created. However, the population will decline if
human activities destroy their habitat. As a result,
Dugongs may be doomed to extinction. Therefore, the
Australian Government has agreed to protect the
Dugongs by enforcing Marine Mammal Protection Act
of 1972 and the Endangered Species Act of 1973. The
acts make it illegal to harass, hunt, capture or kill
dugongs.

Currently, Australia is the only developed nation that has a
significant population of Dugongs.
Dr. Helene Marsh estimates that the increase in the number
of Dugongs will be about 5% per year if ideal conditions are
created.
However, the population will decline if human activities
destroy their habitat.
As a result, Dugongs may be doomed to extinction.
Therefore, the Australian Government has agreed to protect
the Dugongs by enforcing Marine Mammal Protection Act of
1972 and the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
The acts make it illegal to harass, hunt, capture or kill
dugongs.
Currently, Australia is the only developed nation that has a
significant population of Dugongs.
Dr. Helene Marsh estimates that the increase in the number
of Dugongs will be about 5% per year if ideal conditions are
created.
However, the population will decline if human activities
destroy their habitat.
As a result, Dugongs may be doomed to extinction.
Therefore, the Australian Government has agreed to protect
the Dugongs by enforcing Marine Mammal Protection Act of
1972 and the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
The acts make it illegal to harass, hunt, capture or kill
dugongs.
Types of cohesive devices

What are they?
Cohesive devices are like bridges
between parts of a text

They are cues that help the reader to
interpret ideas a writer wants them to
understand

What do they do?
cohesive devices help you carry over a thought
from one sentence to another,
from one idea to another,
or from one paragraph to another with words or
phrases.

cohesive devices link sentences and
paragraphs together smoothly so that there are
no abrupt jumps or breaks between ideas.

Why do you use them?
cohesive words and phrases are used to link
sentences and paragraphs, to show which
direction your thought patterns are going, to help
the reader accurately follow your train of
thought.
They signal the relationships among the various
parts of your subject.