Structure of Documents: 2

Match structure of ideas and of document

• Big Ideas/Approaches: Chapters

• Small Ideas/Approaches: Sections

One chapter (section) should contain only one big (small) idea/approach.

Converse is also true: To emphasize an idea

• Give it its entire chapter (with suitable title)

• Give it its entire section (with suitable title)

• Give it its independent paragraph/several paragraphs.

Other ways of emphasizing an idea:

• Say so explicitly: ``XYZ is extremely important in ...''
• Define notation to express it.