Anyone else do that thing where you read the first half of a paragraph because new information is presented there, then skip over the second half because thats where they get explained and you were taught to format like that?
I used to do this a lot, but I had to train myself out of it when I started reading theory/nonfiction because I would get to the end of a page and have no fucking idea what I just "read".
I'm sure it doesn't help that I got through honors english and AP Lit in high school without reading a single required book and just glancing over the sparknotes for them instead.
American theory is usually written like that. Europeans don't use that format. Obviously there's exceptions, but it's a regional rather than generational standard.
new information is only on the first half of a paragraph, the rest of the paragraph is explaining the information's detail or relevance.
It was something i swore i was taught really early on about writing essays in elementary school, and i've been seeing it consistently in writers around my age, who happen to also not be very interesting.
Anyone else do that thing where you read the first half of a paragraph because new information is presented there, then skip over the second half because thats where they get explained and you were taught to format like that?
I used to do this a lot, but I had to train myself out of it when I started reading theory/nonfiction because I would get to the end of a page and have no fucking idea what I just "read".
I'm sure it doesn't help that I got through honors english and AP Lit in high school without reading a single required book and just glancing over the sparknotes for them instead.
but like, that WAS something we were taught to do right?
it's like a generation of people taught how to write wrong.
American theory is usually written like that. Europeans don't use that format. Obviously there's exceptions, but it's a regional rather than generational standard.
…what?
new information is only on the first half of a paragraph, the rest of the paragraph is explaining the information's detail or relevance.
It was something i swore i was taught really early on about writing essays in elementary school, and i've been seeing it consistently in writers around my age, who happen to also not be very interesting.
Paragraph Stucture:
Topic Sentence
3 - 4 sentences with only one conjunction in each.
Pretty sure it comes from being trained like good little workers to do business writing.
I completely forgot about that formatting, but yeah. I still do it too, just not consciously.