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Describe the pattern before naming its cause
An explanation becomes easier to follow when the observation is visible. Instead of beginning with a technical term, describe what changed and how it was noticed.
A sketch, a sequence of photographs or a carefully labelled chart can give the reader a shared starting point. Keep the scale and the period clear so that an apparent pattern is not created by the presentation itself.
Ask which comparison is fair
A comparison is useful only when its differences are understood. If two plants grow differently, light, water, soil and the plants themselves may all matter.
That does not make observation pointless; it tells us what a claim can support. Say which conditions were kept similar and which were not. A small, honest comparison can be more informative than an ambitious conclusion drawn from uncertain measurements.
Show where the explanation stops
Good explanations include their own boundaries. Distinguish a possible account from a tested one and avoid presenting an illustration as proof.
A reader should be able to tell which part is established, which remains uncertain and what evidence would help. The result may sound less dramatic, but it gives curiosity somewhere useful to go next.
