pt. 1. Introduction: questions that need answering -- Questions about cohesion -- A metaphor for text organization -- pt. 2. Answers from text analysis -- Types of repetition -- Patterns of repetition in non-narrative text -- The significance of repetition nets -- Properties of the bonds of nets -- How the links work -- pt. 3. Inplications for theory and practice -- Implications for a theory of language -- Implications for reading and writing