Chapter 5 | Quotes From Pages 40-43
1.This classic pattern of story-telling permits you to make sure that you and the reader are 'standing in the same place' before you take him by the hand and lead him through your reasoning. 2.In sum(l1ary, the introduction tells the reader, in story form, what he already knows or could reasonably be expected to know about the subject you are discussing, and thus reminds him of the question he has to which he can expect the document to give him an answer. 3.Knowing the vertical relationship, you can determine the kind of message the ideas grouped below must convey (i.e., they must answer the question). 4.To build a pyramid structure, the problem you generally face as you sit down to write is that you know roughly what you want to write about, but not specifically what you want to say or how you want to say it.