The Minto Pyramid Principle PDF

Chapter 10 | Quotes From Pages 82-87 1.A good introduction does more than simply gain and hold the reader's interest. It influences his perceptions. 2.The narrative flow lends a feeling of plausibility to the writer's particular interpretation of the situation, which by its nature must be a biased selection of the relevant facts. 3.The story flow also gives a sense of inevitable rightness to the logic of the writer's conclusion, making the reader less inclined to argue with the thinking that follows. 4.Clear writing results from a clear exposition of the exact relationships between a group of ideas on the same subject. 5.Deduction presents a line of reasoning that leads to a 'therefore' conclusion, and the point above is a summary of that line of reasoning, resting heavily on the final point. 6.Induction defines a group of facts or ideas to be the same kind of thing, and then makes a statement (or inference) about that sameness.