Roadmap    
"Seeing the Big Picture" from The Writer's Block by Nancy Lawler Dickhute. The Nebraska Lawyer.
This article describes how to create the big picture for your reader. They include 1) stating your position up front; 2) using roadmaps effectively, and 3) tying your ideas together. Using these tips will go a long way toward providing your reader with the "4C's" of good legal writing: context, comfort, clarity and cohesion.