A paragraph and its larger entity, the essay, are coherent when all its sentences/ paragraphs clearly relate to one another.
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Coherence
arranging details
transitional words/phrases/sentences
parallel structures
repeating key words and phrases
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Coherence
Napoleon certainly made a change for the worse by leaving his small kingdom of Elba. He went back to Paris and he abdicated for a second time. He fled to Rochefort in hope of escaping to America. He gave himself up to the English captain of the ship Bellerophon. All he saw of England was the Devon coast and Plymouth Sound as he passed on to the remote island of St. Helena. He died on 5 May 1821 at the age of fifty-two.
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Framework
Introduction with your thesis statement
anecdote, reason you chose the topic 40
Body: your actual argument
argument in support 75
argument in support 75
refutation of opposing argument 75
conclusion 40
total 305
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Framework
introduction with TS
body par 1 - top sentence
body par 2 - top sentence
body par 3 - top sentence
conclusions
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Framework - Introduction
In Venezuela .... blablabla.... . So, because it boosts the economy and has a beneficial effect on people's sense of hapiness, Christmas celebrations should start in October.
What are the top sentences of body pars 1 and 2?
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Framework - Body paragraphs
First of all, Christmas celebrations should start in October, because it boosts the economy. For example......
Secondly, Christmas celebrations should start in October, because it increases people's sense of hapiness. For example ....
However, some might argue that October is too early to start Christmas celebrations and that it is merely a decoy to blur people's sense of reality.
