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1、INTRODUCTIONTOPARTLOGICIt,1tr!Ir_t!rTltr^^VVK=!iNLzneoftheleastpleasantaspectsofaprofessionalperson'sjobistheneedtoputthingsinwriting.Almosteveryonefindsitachoreandwisheshewerebetteratit.Andmanypeoplearetoldspecificallythattheyneedtohonethisskilliftheywanttoprogress.Thereasonmostpeoplefailtosh
2、owmuchimprovementisthattheyassumethatwritingmoreclearlymeanswritingsimpleq,moredirectsentences.Anditisoftentruethatthesentencesintheirdocumentsareoverlongandunwieldy.Moreovettheirlanguageisfrequentlytootechnicalortooabstract,andtheirparagraphsonoccasionareawkwardlydeveloped.Buttheseareweaknesseso
3、fstyle,anditisnotoriouslydifficultforapersonwhohascompletedtheformalpartofhiseducationtochangehiswritingstyle.Notthatitcannotbedone;rathetit'slikelearningtotype.Itrequiresagoodmanyrepetitiveexercises,forwhichmoston-the-jobwritersinindustryandgovernmentsimplycannotfindthetime.Asaresult,theycontinu
4、etobetoldtheyneedtowrite"moreclearly."Howeveq,thereisasecondcauseofunclearwriting,farmorepervasivethanthefirst,andmucheasiertocorrect.Tl'risrelatestothestructurcofthedocument-theorderinwhichthesentencesappearregardlessofwhethertheyarewellorpoorlywritten.Ifaperson'swritingisunclealitismostlikelybe
5、causetheorderingoftheideasconflictswiththecapabilityofareader'smindtoprocessthem.Theeasiestorderforareaderistoreceivethemajotmoreabstractideasbeforeheisrequiredtotakeinthemino4supportingones.Andsincethemajorideasarealwaysderivedfromtheminoronettheidealstructureoftheideaswillalwaysbeapyramidofgrou
6、psofideastiedtogetherbyasingleoverallthought.Withinthatpyramidalstructure,theideaswillrelateuertically-inthatapointatanylevelwillalwaysbeasummaryoftheideasgroupedbelow;andhorizontally-inthattheideaswillhavebeengroupedtogetherbecausetogethertheypresentalogicalargument.Youcanveryeasilycommunicateto
7、areadertheideasarrangedinapyramidalformbysimplystartingatthetopandmcvingdo-rgneachlegofthepyramid.Thesiate•mentofthemajorideascausesthereadertoquestionthewriter'sbasisfcrmakingthepoint,andthenextleveldowninthepyramidan
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