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Q&A Why do authors start a paragraph in an indirect way?

I found that many writers of magazines or novels say something in a way that is not straightforward and to the point. Like this: Dressed like a latter-day Steve Jobs in a tight black long-sleeve s...

2 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by Zhiyong Wang‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T02:59:00Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/8401
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Zhiyong Wang‭ · 2019-12-08T02:59:00Z (almost 5 years ago)
I found that many writers of magazines or novels say something in a way that is not straightforward and to the point. Like this:

_Dressed like a latter-day Steve Jobs in a tight black long-sleeve sweater, blue jeans, and white sneakers, Dropbox founder and CEO Drew Houston addressed a crowd of developers, reporters, and some tech royalty (including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg) at the company’s first developer conference in San Francisco._

_(source: [How Dropbox Could Rule a Multi-Platform World](http://www.technologyreview.com/news/516951/how-dropbox-could-rule-a-multi-platform-world/) by Rachel Metz)_

This paragraph is about the Dropbox CEO, but leads with the half-sentence is about Steve Jobs and his dress. I am also confused why the author described Dropbox CEO's dressing. Does it imply a kind of characteristics, or any similarity with Jobs?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-07-12T02:56:50Z (over 11 years ago)
Original score: 2