College Composition / Unit 12 CMP 0287 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Clarity and Coherence
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The idea
Clarity means each idea can be understood; coherence means the ideas connect in an order readers can follow.
In practice
Rubrics often pair them, because a draft can have clear sentences and still leave readers lost between paragraphs.
Where people slip
Coherence problems usually call for global moves, such as reordering or adding transitions, not word changes.
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