Communication - Williams, 1997

4 important questions on Communication - Williams, 1997

What did Minto intend when creating the Pyramid Principle?

"Ideas in writing should always form a pyramid under a single thought."

What does, according to Minto, an introduction look like?

An executive summary, anyone who reads it knows the substance of the full report.

Minto states that the introduction is the place to briefly discuss the history, but this cannot be done in the body of the document, what can be discussed in the latter?

The body only contains ideas.
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What does the pyramidal diagram make clear, according to Minto? In terms of the information that is given in the pyramid

It makes the relationships between the ideas clear, each set or level of information should answer a new question raised in the level above it.

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