This is so important. How many essays are basically a list of unrelated arguments, but not presented as a list?
Things lists make easier:
- Refer to specific points.
- Skip a point you already understand.
Even as I write this, I had to remind myself to express it as a list, rather then a long-winded sentence, which I probably wouldn't have if I weren't writing specifically to advocate lists. It's so deeply ingrained by years of english classes to hide the structure of the text with clauses such as "furthermore". I even remember being supposed to learn a list of such clauses.
This is so important. How many essays are basically a list of unrelated arguments, but not presented as a list?
Things lists make easier:
- Refer to specific points.
- Skip a point you already understand.
Even as I write this, I had to remind myself to express it as a list, rather then a long-winded sentence, which I probably wouldn't have if I weren't writing specifically to advocate lists. It's so deeply ingrained by years of english classes to hide the structure of the text with clauses such as "furthermore". I even remember being supposed to learn a list of such clauses.