Internet Memes say, "Order matters."

"The knife came down, missing him by inches, and he took off."

 "The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig

 to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."

 "Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody."

"The old man was dreaming about the lions." 

"Tell me how free I am."

"He loved Big Brother."

"P.S. 

Sorry I forgot to give you the mayonnaise." 

The quotes above, as you may have noticed, are all the final lines to some of the most famous novels in literature. But without the text which precedes them, they are without any resonance or significance. With no introduction, they are essentially without merit. Which is why...

                                                                             lolcat Translation: Order matters.

Without order in writing, we might find out that Sonny Corleone was whacked before we wee him become Don. We might known that Frodo destroyed the ring, before we are aware that he set out on his quest. Or in a slightly less epic, yet more personal scenario, that the sheriff is frustrated before we know what exactly he is frustrated about. On my midterm exam, I committed the cardinal sin of neglecting to make my second paragraph pertain to my lead. Even though at this point in my writing, my leads were more direct and informational, the crucial bridge between them, and the story that followed was still lacking. It's easier to look at writing an article as filling in the missing sections of an equation; breaking it down into the lead, the 2nd paragraph followup to the lead and the third paragraph quotation.