Part B: Literacy
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Text Organisation & Structure

Understand cohesion, paragraphing, and structural features of texts

Learning Objectives

  • ✓ Identify and use connectives and cohesive devices effectively
  • ✓ Determine logical paragraph ordering and sequencing
  • ✓ Recognise standard text structures (analytical, report, narrative)
  • ✓ Analyse how structure contributes to meaning and readability
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Section 1: Connectives and Cohesive Devices

Cohesion is the "glue" that holds a text together. Connectives (conjunctions and linking adverbs) clarify the relationship between ideas (e.g., adding information, showing contrast, or indicating cause and effect).

Section 2: Paragraph Ordering and Logical Sequencing

Texts must flow logically. A typical academic or analytical text follows a clear sequence: Introduction (thesis), Body (arguments/evidence), and Conclusion (summary/impact).

Example 1

Sequencing Jumbled Sentences Logically in a Science Report

❓ Question: What is the correct logical sequence of the three jumbled procedural sentences?
📄 Source Passage / Reference Data: Sentence A: Next, the combined solution is gently heated over a Bunsen burner for ten minutes. Sentence B: Finally, the beaker is set aside to cool, allowing clear crystalline structures to form. Sentence C: First, the raw chemical compounds are carefully weighed and dissolved in 100 mL of distilled water.
📝 Step-by-Step Method:
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Identify discourse transition signal words in each sentence.
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Verify chronological process logic from initial preparation to final outcome.
🔍 Evidence Extracted: "Sentence C ("First..."), Sentence A ("Next..."), Sentence B ("Finally...")"
🎯 Final Answer: C → A → B
💡 Why It Is Correct: The explicit discourse markers "First", "Next", and "Finally" establish a clear chronological sequence for procedural text.
⚡ LANTITE Exam Strategy: Look for sequence connectors (first, subsequently, furthermore, in conclusion) to order paragraphs and sentences in reading assessments.

Section 3: Text Structures

Different purposes require different text structures. An analytical text argues a point, a report provides factual information structurally, and a narrative tells a story.

Figure 1: Visual outline of key components in standard report text structures.
Question 1 of 6

Which word is a connective indicating contrast?