Cohesive Devices
Cohesive devices are words and phrases that connect ideas among different parts of a
text. If you read any text carefully, you will notice ideas are already there in the text. But
sometimes they remain isolated. The cohesive devices connect those ideas with each
other and help the readers understand what the writer is saying in the text. So, the sole
purpose of using cohesive devices is to build an interrelationship among sentences or
paragraphs and give a logical progression to the text.
(Cohesive Device: Cohesive device হচ্ছে সে েব word বা phrase সে গুচ্ছ া একটি text এর
বববিন্ন অংচ্ছের idea গুচ্ছ াচ্ছক েংেুক্ত কচ্ছর। েবি তু বি সকাচ্ছ া text েতককতার োচ্ছে পচ্ছ া তাহচ্ছ
তু বি ক্ষ্য করচ্ছব text এর িচ্ছযয সেই idea গুচ্ছ া ববিযিা রচ্ছেচ্ছে। বকন্তু কখচ্ছ া কখচ্ছ া
সেগুচ্ছ া ববচ্ছেন্নিাচ্ছব োচ্ছক। Cohesive device সেই idea গুচ্ছ াচ্ছক েংেুক্ত কচ্ছর এবং স খক
text টি সত বক বচ্ছ চ্ছে তা বুঝচ্ছত পাঠকচ্ছির োহােয কচ্ছর। েুতরাং: cohesive device বযবহাচ্ছরর
একিাত্র উচ্ছেেয sentence অেবা paragraph গুচ্ছ ার িচ্ছযয আন্ত:েম্পকক গচ্ছ সতা া এবং text
টিচ্ছক একটি সেৌচ্ছক্তক অগ্রগবত সিওো।)
For example, read the following sentence:
"Kobita s friend is a great swimmer and she couldn't cross this small distance yesterday.
As a reader, aren't you confused? Definitely, you are Because the first information that
you have got is- Kobita's friend is a great swimmer. The writer has used and to tell the
second idea, so you are expecting a similar idea like 'May be she will easily cross a
small distance But, the writer has just written the opposite that "She couldn't cross this
small distance yesterday. Here, the use of this cohesive device 'and' makes you
confused and eventually you have failed to understand the meaning of the text. But, by
using the appropriate cohesive devices, we can connect the ideas and make the
meaning clear to the readers. The text can be rewritten in the following way-
"Normally, my friend is a great swimmer but yesterday she failed to cross this small
distance.
Now, when you have used normally and but, it makes sense to the readers. So, it is the
appropriate use of cohesive devices that convey the correct meaning to the readers.
In English grammar, there are different kinds of cohesive devices. Here, three of them
are written for you:
1. Using pronouns:
If you use pronouns to refer to the previously mentioned nouns, you can make a text
sound better and easy to follow.
ইংচ্ছরচ্ছি grammar এ বববিন্ন যরচ্ছ র cohesive device রচ্ছেচ্ছে, এখাচ্ছ সতািাচ্ছির ি য বত টি
সিওো
হ :
১. Pronoun ব্যব্হারেে মাধ্যরম:
পূচ্ছব উচ্ছেবখত
ক সকাচ্ছ া noun এর পবরবতকচ্ছ pronoun বযবহার করচ্ছ text টি আরও েুন্দর ও
আকর্ণীে ক হে।
For example: I would like to thank my friends. Without them, I wouldn't do it properly.
Here, the pronoun 'they' is used to refer to the previously mentioned noun 'my friends,
and it helps to make the text connected and easy for the readers
2. By using conjunctions:
Conjunctions are the words used to connect words, phrases and clauses in a text. In
English grammar, the most used conjunctions are for, and, nor, but, or, yet and so
(FANBOYS)
২. Conjunction ব্যব্হারেে মাধ্যরম:
Conjunction হচ্ছে সেই েব word সেগুচ্ছ া একটি text এ বববিন্ন word, phrase এবং clause সক
েংেুক্ত কচ্ছর। ইংচ্ছরচ্ছি grammar এ অবযক বযবহৃত conjunction গুচ্ছ া হচ্ছে: for, and, nor,
but, or, yet and so (FANBOYS)
For example, if you read the following sentences-
I like to talk to people. I like to know about different lifestyles. I don't like to travel. Here,
the sentences are not connected, neither the ideas. So, they do not give a clear
meaning to you. But, using appropriate conjunctions, you can connect the ideas and
make them meaningful.
Let's use conjunctions to connect the ideas and make the text meaningful.
I like to talk to people and know about different lifestyles. But, I don't like to travel. So,
by using appropriate conjunctions, you can connect the ideas to make the text
meaningful
3. By using connectors/linking words and phrases.
Connectors play an important role to make a text meaningful. There is a long list of
connectors Here is a list of some of the important connectors and their functions and
uses are given here for you
৩. Connectors/linking words and phrases ব্যব্হারেে মাধ্যরম:
text সক অেপূক ণ করার
ক সক্ষ্চ্ছত্র connector গুরুত্বপূণ িূ
ক বিকা পা কচ্ছর। connector এর একটি
িীর্ তাব
ক কা রচ্ছেচ্ছে। ব চ্ছে বকেু connector এর list/তাব কা এবং সেগুচ্ছ ার বযবহার সিওো
হচ্ছ া:
