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This video defines coherence and covers how to arrange your thesis, evidence, analysis, and reflection into a cohesive essay. It emphasizes the importance of structure and strong personal style in writing a cohesive essay.

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writing a cohesive essay a la shmoop writing an essay is like building a

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robot you don't just need quality parts you also have to put them together in [man building robot part]

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the right way if the head of your robot is attached to the legs well this might [head of robot where pelvis is supposed to be]

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happen so how do you write a cohesive essay and know you can't just program

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your robot to do it for you much as we'd like that coherence basically means you [robot at a laptop]

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want it to hold together it needs to make logical sense and it needs to flow

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you don't want any logical leaks in your paper leakage is embarrassing there are

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many parts necessary to make a cohesive essay got it the first is the thesis

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which should be clear strong and arguable here's the thesis there's the

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thesis make sure you're taking a stand for something your thesis is like the [thesis example on screen]

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faucet from which all your good ideas flow remember I'm Rand and that

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Fountainhead thing yeah kind of like that well anyway your evidence whether

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it be quotes charts statistics or whatever is like the foundation holding

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everything together a shaky foundation means everything could get swallowed up [foundations of a house collapse during earthquake]

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by a sinkhole any moment and you know just look what's happening in Florida [Florida map with sink holes]

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you need to analyze your evidence too and maybe offer a little reflection [copies of Dave pop up and echo]

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reflection if the evidence spoke for itself you wouldn't need to write the

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essay your opinion gives everything the context it needs to be a good essay the

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analysis and reflection are the pipes that carry your ideas to the reader make

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sure the water coming out of those pipes runs clear if people want a glass of [sewage dumped on girl]

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brown chunky water they'll go to Dunkin Donuts here the structure of your essay

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is most important when it comes to cohesion you might be writing a typical

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five paragraph essay with each paragraph presenting evidence analyzing it and

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reflecting on it or it might be a more narrative style sold in chronological

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order there are many different structures each one appropriate for

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certain essays choose wisely if your essay is one big oil pipe dream then

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your structure gives it shape and for the structure also hinges on the quality

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of your transitions you have to make sure everything flows smoothly so that

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your reader isn't along for a bumpy ride a rusty transition could cause the whole

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thing to spring a leak also don't forget to add your own personal style any essay [copper pipes spring leaks]

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could use a little flair as long as you don't sacrifice clarity and brevity for

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style though writing a cohesive essay is a combination of a strong thesis

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evidence analysis reflection and most importantly structure and style it takes

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a lot of work but it pays off trust us it's easier than building a robot to

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write your essay for you [badly built robot]

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we know because we've tried what did the Buffalo say to his son as

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he left for school bye son okay bad joke but if you survived it how about

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