These are lower-level titles for the section and subsections within a document.
What are headings
100
Before making a title test its effectiveness by asking whether this person will be able to paraphrase it in a clear meaningful sentence.
What is the reader
100
Forming a paragraph in such a way may intimidate some readers, causing him/her to skip over it entirely.
What is a long paragraph
100
Because most people can remember only 5 to 9 items easily, doing this to a list of 10+ items is extremely necessary
What is dividing/breaking-up
100
You might want to put off creating this until document is complete. Giving yourself a strong sense of direction and purpose first.
What is a Title
200
The title of a document is crucial because it is the author's first chance to define _____ and _____ to his/her readers.
What is Subject and Purpose
200
Avoid substituting these terms, the more precise your terms are the more useful your readers will find the title.
What is general/ What are general terms
200
Repeated key words help readers do this WITH the discussion.
What is follow
200
Use these during listing when trying to avoid sequence or priority.
What are bullets.
For sub-list use dashes.
200
Using this will speed up the process of changing the appearance of titles, headings, and lists.
What is Styles
300
Using this function is the best way to ensure typefaces and indentation shows up consistently throughout document.
What is the Styles function
300
Do not use more than three to five words to formulate a title.
T / F
What is the False (p. 194)
"If you need eight to ten words to say what you want to say about your subject and purpose, use them" (Mike Markle, Author of Your Book)
300
This is most emphatic (explicit) part of a paragraph.
What is the topic sentence.
300
Every list requires this, without it readers are left to guess at how the list relates to the discussion and how the items in the list relate to each other.
What is a lead-in/introduction.
300
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Team gains 300 points
400
" 3. Approaches to Neighboring Policing
3.1 Community Policing
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This procedure is an example of what?
What is Back-to-back headings (p. 196)
400
When a title is vague or incomplete, the reader will have to do this to the purpose.
What is guess
assume
imply ECT.
400
This information should be avoided from being presented in the middle of a paragraph.
What is bad news
400
Turning traditional paragraphs into paragraph lists does this to your chances of noticing that information is missing or is unclear.
What is increasing/increases.
400
Sometimes this visual added to the text will present illogical sequences. When you create this, it forces you as the writer to consider using key words you may have overlooked otherwise. (p. 199)
What is paragraph list
With traditional paragraphs illogical sequences may be overlooked. (p. 199)
500
This indicates the background, purpose, scope, and organization. It gives the reader an overview of the actual discussion's key points before they have encountered details within the discussion itself.
What is Advanced Organizer (p. 197)
500
Clear comprehensive titles are surprisingly permitted be written this way.
What is lengthy/long.
500
Although permitted and may be necessary, many times this form of paragraph is constructed in this manner because it lacks revision.
What are one-sentenced paragraphs
500
The list of all items have the same grammatical form.
What is a parallel list. (p. 201)
500
Collectively they create a hierarchy of information.