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** readers need some old, simple information in ''every'' sentence | ** readers need some old, simple information in ''every'' sentence | ||
** the old information should come ''before'' the new, complex information which is at the end (stress position) | ** the old information should come ''before'' the new, complex information which is at the end (stress position) | ||
* Introduction: | |||
** must provide information (for readers who don't know) and motivation (for readers who don't care) | |||
** statis -> concession -> destabilizing condition (''but'') -> consequences: all this helps persuade the reader that we're going to address an important problem | |||
** filling a gap is good, but changing a previous belief is usually better | |||
** manifest problem (we have a problem to solve) versus critical problem (actually, we have a different problem) -> gives the impression that the writer is doing critical thinking (not only informing, but criticizing) | |||
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Expert writing (academic and professional)(Notes from The Little Red Schoolhouse at the University of Chicago.)
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