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  • 3 - Continuity

  • Yellowlees Douglas
  • Book:
    Writing for the Reader's Brain
    Published online:
    12 December 2024
    Print publication:
    12 December 2024, pp 52-82

  • Summary

    Because sentences in English have gaps between them, we read more slowly and laboriously when sentences lack explicit linguistic or logical ties between them. Continuity involves using tools to make sentences seem tightly coupled, including transitions, sequencing, and common wording. However, continuity principles also enable writers to showcase important information by placing it in a sentence’s stress position. Similarly, long sentences can prove difficult to read because so little information receives stress, and so much detail can fall into the “dead zone” of sentences where readers’ recall is weakest.