Repeat nouns and pronouns

Another way to achieve coherence is to repeat key nouns and make consistent use of pronouns. Observe how the underlined repeated nouns and pronouns connect ideas across sentences and make the text coherent.

Paragraph with repeated nouns and pronouns

Inspiring teachers who are highly valued by their students have two outstanding characteristics. Firstly, inspiring teachers have excellent communication skills. Therefore they are able to arouse great interest in whatever they teach. Another important characteristic of inspiring teachers is that they have enormous patience. This means they never appear threatening to their students.