Hello, referents and connectors taught in class. Have a good day, Andrs.

Referents will always help locate information in a text. Some referents are the words: it, they, this, etc. They are words that refer to others that have been mentioned in the text before or will be mentioned later. Writers use referents to avoid word repetition. We, as readers, study referents so that we know exactly what words or ideas they relate to. Referents can be personal pronouns, possessive adjectives, or object pronouns, among others. See a list of the most common referents below:

Personal Pronouns

Possessive Adjectives

Possessive Pronouns

Object Pronouns

Reflexive Pronouns

Relative Pronouns

I You He She It We They

my your his her its our their

mine yours his hers its ours theirs

me you him her it us theirs s

myself yourself himself herself itself ourselves themselve

who whom which where when

Indefinite Adjectives & Pronouns all another many someone one other neither

Demonstrative Adjectives & Pronouns this these that those

TEXT COHESION: CONNECTORS Some words establish a specific type of connection between the ideas presented in the text. They are used by writers to show what kind of relationship an idea has with another one. These words are called connectors and they are usually conjunctions, and sometimes phrases. Some of the most common connectors in texts are and, because and however. As they show how ideas are connected, connectors help understand texts better and answer questions that imply real comprehension. They serve different functions: addition, contrast, cause, result, purpose, exemplification, among others. See a list of the most common connectors below.

ADDITION and also moreover besides additionally in addition likewise

CONTRAST but however although even though in contrast conversely on the other hand though while despite in spite of nonetheless nevertheless

PURPOSE to in order to so that

CAUSE/EFFECT because as since due to so therefore as a result then thus hence

EXEMPLIFICATION for example for instance as an example such as e.g. (from latin: exempli gratia)

SEQUENCE first second initially previously finally