Re: Is known-new the best cohesion lesson?

[Odile Sullivan-Tarazi <odile -at- mindspring -dot- com>]

Moving from known to new information is only one technique for 
cohesive writing.  Writing that way, lock step, in each (or even a 
majority) of sentences would give you very unnatural writing.  You 
should check out the Williams book.  It's excellent.  He presents all 
manner of passages that we might describe in various ways in terms of 
our *reactions* to them, but then he diagnoses the problem.  He 
really gives you the tools for analysis.

Odile



At 2:57 PM -0400 9/25/08, Rob Hudson wrote:
>Here's another question - is "known-new" the way to teach cohesion in
>a paragraph? Or should I do something more natural that doesn't seem
>to rely so much on placement, which can feel forced?
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