Writing 3

A.      How to write paragraph with adequate and inadequate cohesion.

Paragraph is a complete unit of language, which is usually the result of merging several sentences. As a complete unit of meaning in a language that the paragraphs are concepts, ideas , thoughts , or ideas that are biased intact understood by the reader . While the paragraph has the highest or greatest grammatical unit, meaning it was formed paragraphs of sentences grammatically eligible.
Grammatical requirements can be met in a paragraph that was already established in the paragraph called cohesions, that is the harmonious relationship between the elements that exist in the current paragraph. Sentences in the paragraph should be arranged with cohesion (unity in paragraphs ) has coherence ( meaning linkage ) , and has sufficient content to support the main idea in a paragraph .
Good paragraph usually contains a main idea or topic has developed into a paragraph and paragraph serves as the overall controller.
To form a unified paragraph, each paragraph contains just one idea. Paragraph consists of several sentences. However, should constitute an integral whole , so there is no discordant sentence paragraph that does not support unity .

B.       What is Cohesion ?

Cohesion is the state of cohering or sticking together to connectivity in a text.

C.      The difference between coherence and cohesion

Cohesion and coherence are not too difficult to explain.  Cohesion refers to connectivity in a text.  Coherence refers to how easy it is to understand the writing.

D.      Example Of Cohesion

In 1997, rice production fell 3.85 percent. Increased rice imports, estimated to be 3.1 tons in 1998. Achieved self-sufficiency in 1984, in 1985, we exported 371.3 thousand tons of rice, even 530.7 thousand tons in 1993. In 1994, we come up short rice trade balance of 400 thousand tons. And increased rice imports in 1997 reached 2.5 million tons.

The paragraph needs to be improved, for example by providing the following preposition.

In 1997, rice production fell 3.85 percent. As a result, rice imports increased, estimated to be 3.1 tons in 1998. After self-sufficiency achieved in 1984, in 1985, we exported 371.3 thousand tons of rice, even 530.7 thousand tons in 1993. However, in 1994, we come up short rice trade balance of 400 thousand tons. Since then, rice imports increased and in 1997 reached 2.5 million tons.

The reason why the sentence that underline is categorized into cohesion :

The above paragraph suggests a main idea, namely the issue of the rise and fall of Indonesia's rice production. Thus the coherence of the sentence are met, but the paragraph is said not to have good cohesiveness that the elusive idea.