Classification and organization of information

Writing is actually organizing information and putting it across. Information, in this case, is not simply words or sentences, but sentences that lend themselves to the relationship between subject and predicate.

Information can be categorized into three types: narrative information, evaluative information, and normative information.

Narrative information, which describes the state of things and the phenomenon itself, is information that does not contain the judgment of good or bad. For example, the boy has 1.82 meters, just describing the situation.

Evaluative information, it shows the situation or the status quo is good or bad, is to contain the judgment of good or bad information. For example: This boy is really tall.

Normative information, which requires things to be the way they should be and the actions people should take. For example, the state of things as they should be: we should get him on our basketball team.

Second, we need to learn how to express information. After understanding the concepts and types of information, we also need to learn how to express the information, that is, get our message across. The article should be easy to understand, not let the reader to guess our ideas, to be simple and clear, to reduce the burden of the receiver. So how do we make the message clear?

Takasugi Shokutaka has three good ways:

First, use sentences in which the subject and predicate relationships are clear. When expressing yourself, not only should you not forget the subject, but you need to make it clear. For example, if Li Yun is watching TV, the subject is "Li Yun" and the predicate is "watching TV". If there is no subject, we will question who is watching TV?

Second, use the correct logical connectives when joining sentences. Lack of connectives can affect the proper transfer and understanding of information.

Third, use specific expressions that make an impression. When we write, we should avoid using too many abstract representations and use more concrete representations because concrete representations can activate the imagination of the other party.