REFERENTS AND CONNECTORS

REFERENTS

Referents may take various forms, such as:

1.     Personal pronoun; I, me, my, mine, she. her, hers, him, his, we, ours, etc (replace a noun)

2.     Impersonal pronouns; one, ones (replace noun)

3.     Demonstrative pronouns; this, that, these, those (replace nouns, phrases, or sentences that refer to the fact or idea)

4.     There, then; (replace adverb of time and place)

5.     Such +  noun (replaces the description of the person or thing named by the noun)

6.     The former, the latter, the same (replaces the previously mentioned person, thing , or idea)

Speed-reading is a skill every student should master in order to succeed in his or her studies. In relation to this, some students read slowly but don’t know that they do; others read slowly and know it. Their reading problems are the same, but the latter can be helped more easily because they are already aware of their problems. Before the former can be helped, however, they must be made aware of the problem.

this         refers to_____                          the same      refers to ?

they        refers to                                   the latter      refers to?

do          refers to                                    they            refers to?

others     refers to                                   their problem refers to?

it            refers to                                   the former   refers to?

their       refers                                       they            refers to?

                                                              the problem refers to?

CONNECTORS

Connectors are very important for us to be familiar with and master as they will help us a lot to enhance our reading comprehension upon various texts.

Connectors can be divided based on their functions which indicate:

1.     CAUSE

2.     RESULTS or CONSEQUENCES

3.     PURPOSE

4.     SIMILARITY

5.     REPETITION

6.     CONTRAST

7.     ADDITION

8.     CONDITION

9.     SUMMARY

10. SPESIFIC REASONS/ ILLUSTRATION