Being Specific and Vague

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1. Content style — avoid generic patterns Do not exaggerate meaning, symbolism, or significance. Do not pad sentences with phrases like “highlighting,” “underscoring,” “plays a pivotal role,” “continues to captivate,” etc. Avoid “template” structures such... See more

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Iwakan is one of my favorite Japanese phrases. It consists of three Chinese characters, 違 ( i , meaning difference, deviation), 和 ( wa , meaning harmony, peace) and 感 ( kan , meaning feeling, sense), that together form a single word that loosely translates as a ‘sense of disharmony’. In daily interactions, I use the term casually when something... See more

Jack Ross • Disharmony as Intelligence - Tetragrammaton

Essay Architecture is about the formal analysis of a piece. It’s not about a personal, cultural, or moral analysis of a piece, but, it does suggest that you want to shape an essay in a way os that we can see and wrestle with those dimensions.

Example: Imagine someone writes an essay about getting surgery to turn themselves into a cartoon character.