a hinge' to be noticeably heavier than 'I need a label,' depending on whether the native language has initial/hi (German has, French and Spanish have not), or final voiced stops (French has, German and Spanish have not).
In general, of course, we try to make early lessons rather light. But Alex Lipson is one authority who advocates putting some heavy items into the very first sessions of a new class, while the students are in their freshest and most open state. This is one example of how none of the three qualities has absolute positive value, and temporary lack of one of these qualities is not necessarily bad.
Transparency
Transparency is primarily a cognitive problem: how readily can the user of the materials see the units and their relationships? Looking at a textbook as a whole, we may ask:
With regard to single lessons, we may ask:
With regard to single lines, we may ask:
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