Coherence in a paragraph

There are 4 ways to prepare a chicken. The first way to cook a chicken is to bake it in the oven. You can do this with many different spices to achieve many different tastes. One of my favorite recipes is Moroccan chicken which uses exotic spices. Another way chicken can be prepared is to grill it. Grilling is a favorite method for many Texans because we have such a long summer and we spend many days outside. The third way to prepare a chicken is to fry it. Frying is used in many popular recipes such as southern fried chicken and abc. Finally, the easiest way to make a chicken is to boil it. All you have to do is take the chicken and place it in boiling water (but don’t forget to add salt). As you can see, there are 4 ways to cook a chicken.

There are two ways that we achieve coherence in a paragraph. The first way to achieve coherence is by using the appropriate transitions such as first, next, then, and last if we are explaining a process. The second way to achieve coherence is by repetition of the key words. The key words are the ideas that should repeat themselves throughout your paragraph. In the above paragraph, "ways to cook a chicken" are the key words, and as you can see, these words repeat several times in the paragraph, functioning like a map for the reader to follow. However, the key words do not have to be repeated exactly word for word. We can substitute a synonym, or a different form of the word, or the pronoun (he/she/it). For example, if I want to discuss my teacher Holly, you can refer to me as "Holly," or as "Mrs. Cin," or as "my grammar teacher," or as "the new teacher at HCC whom all the students love."