在考察考生的小作文还有一个重要指标那就是和链接(coherence and cohesion).里面有一个很重要的要求是：文章从头到尾有延续性（there is a clear progression throughout）；衔接手段合理（manages all aspects of cohesion well）; 有技巧的使用改写技巧（skillfully manages paragraphing）.

1, 文章从头到尾有延续性（there is a clear progression throughout）

也就是说文章的句子之间，段落之间的过渡要充分自然。下面就是小作文常用词汇过渡词汇了：

转折关系：however, instead, yet, but, although, despite, in spite of, on the other hand, on the contrary,

并列关系：and, too, as well, as well as, not only…but also, neither…nor, either…or, both… and

递进关系：in addition, besides, moreover, what’s more, what’s worse

时间关系：when, while, after, before, before long, at the same time, in the meantime, eventually, finally, at last, in the end, suddenly, then,

比较关系：similarly, in the same way, like, unlike,

等价关系：A is identified with B；the same as, equivalent to；be indistinguishable to；Be matching to =be matched by；Be similar to; Be parellel to

总结关系：all in all, last but not least, in a word, to sum up, in conclusion, at last, overall

列举关系：

第一步：First of all=First=In the first place=First and foremost=Firstly=Initially=To begin with=To start with =Initially/ originally/ incipiently

第二部：Second=Secondly=Then=Next=After that=Following that=At the following stage/step=At the next step/stage= then=subsequently=furthermore=moreover

第三部：Third=Thirdly=third of all=in the third place=last=lastly=last of all=in the last place=last but not least =Eventually=Ultimately

2, 衔接手段合理（manages all aspects of cohesion well）

这一点不仅体现在考生是否能够正确合理的使用连接词或者词组上。更重要的是能够合理，快速的确定文章的写作思路和顺序。比如小作文的描写顺序是应该从大到小呢?还是从小到大写呢？流程图的地理位置从上到下呢?还是从里到外？都是要思考的问题。比如剑桥8 test 1的小作文范文中，考官在描写地区土地恶化原因的表格图的时候。就按照了，土地恶化最严重的地区——Europe (23%),其次写了Oceania (13%), 最后写了土地恶化最轻的北美地区（North America-5%）.

3, 熟练地使用改写技巧（skillfully manages paragraphing）

对题目，配图个别词汇的改写，不仅仅是替换这么简单，还包括很多高级的技巧。具体如下：

换同义词：比如剑桥8 test 1 小作文 题目：The pie chart below shows the main reasons why agricultural land becomes less productive.题目替换成 范文：The pie chart shows that there are four main causes of farmland becoming degraded in the world today. 其中reasons=causes; agricultural land=farmland; less productive= degraded.

改单词词性：单词在各种词性之间转换。比如剑桥7 test2 小作文：题目日下：The graph below shows the consumption of fish and some different kinds of meat in a European country between 1979 and 2004.题目改写成：The graph illustrates changed in the amounts of beef, lamb, chicken and fish consumed in a particular European country between 1979 and 2004. 其中，consumption 为名词；consume 为动词。

单词变句子。这是最难，要求最高的小作文要求。例如：雅思题目：The three pie charts below show the changes in annual spending by a particular UK school in 1981,1991,2001.改写成The charts show how much a UK school spent on different running costs in three separate years: 1981, 1991 and 2001.

总之，小作文的提高，体现在不断的阅读高分范文和大量的写作练习上。希望大家在写小作文的时候有效的注意以上提及的内容，你的雅思小作文必然得到质的提升。