Identifying Reference Words

Identifying reference in the text.
Every text has a structure. It is not just a random collection of sentences.
The parts that make up the text are related in a meaningful way to each other.Recognising the way in which a text has been organised will help you to understand it better. In order to understand the text, it is necessary to understand how the sentences are related.
Words like"it", "this", "that", "here", "there" etc.
refer to other parts of the text. You need to understand these connections or links.
There are four main types of links used in academic texts:
a)reference,
b) ellipsis and substitution,
c) conjunction
d) lexical cohesion
Reference
Certain items of language in English have the property of reference.
That is, they do not havemeaning themselves, but they refer to something else for their meaning.
In words more simple is a reference to what you previously spoke or said in the sentence is not put back the word or of the personyou are talking about.
an example is: juan's team won the competition. “They” are very happy
Similarly,
These theories all stem from some underlying assumptions about people. To a large extentunproven, they tend to represent the dominant mood or climate of opinion at that time.
Other words used in this way are "he", " him", "it", "this", "that", "these", "those", "here", "there" etc.
Readthis text. Who or what do the words refer to?
Tom’s team won the match . a) they were all very happy. He quickly took a shower because he wanted to see Maria. He ran to the front of the school.b) she was waiting. “Congratulations, Tom!” Maria said. c) they decided to have lunch. They went to an italian restaurant. The food was great! What’s more, d) it was cheap! Then they watched amovie. The movie was called The Ace. e) it was interesting, and there was a lot of action. Finally, Tom went home and told his parents the good news about his soccer match. f) they were very...