: Re: How to make a list enjoyable to read? I think I'm a Modern Man by George Carlin, is a good example. And, after analyzing it, I've come up with some techniques. Varying sentence length

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I suggest checking out 'Skippy's List', a modern classic of satire. One of the themes I see in it that's not on your list is repetition. List items will use a similar sentence structure with small variation, and these will be clustered together or spaced apart for greater effect. Using similar structure on items spaced far apart can act as a callback, and gives the list a greater sense of structure.

For example:

Not allowed to let sock puppets take responsibility for any of my actions.
Not allowed to let sock puppets take command of my post.

Another example:

Two drink limit does not mean first and last.
Two drink limit does not mean two kinds of drinks.
Two drink limit does not mean the drinks can be as large as I like.

The twitter account WorstMuse uses the second kind, especially with one or two word tweets. It references repeating, over-used concepts or words, like: "Plucky orphans" or "Tragic lesbians" or "Retrograde amnesia". The snappy style lets the ideas speak for themselves, and the short format is itself a recognizable rhetoric structure.

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