Question

1.Which of the following essay outlines follows a? general-to-specific organization?

A.

Body Paragraph? 1:		Topic sentence describing the earliest event with supporting details
Body Paragraph? 2:		Topic sentence describing a later event with supporting details
Body Paragraph? 3:		Topic sentence describing the latest event with supporting details

B.

Body Paragraph? 1:??		Topic sentence focusing on a narrow idea with supporting details
Body Paragraph? 2:??		Topic sentence making a broader point with supporting details
Body Paragraph? 3:??		Topic sentence making the broadest point with supporting details

C.

Body Paragraph? 1:?????		Topic sentence making a broad point with supporting details
Body Paragraph? 2:?????		Topic sentence making a more specific point with supporting details
Body Paragraph? 3:?????		Topic sentence making the most specific

D.
Body Paragraph? 1:??

Topic sentence making the most important point with supporting details

Body Paragraph? 2:??

Topic sentence making a less important point with supporting details

Body Paragraph? 3:??

Topic sentence making the least important point with supporting details

2.Identify the method of essay organization that begins with a narrow focus and widens in scope over the course of the essay.

A.

?general-to-specific organization

B.

spatial organization

C.

order of importance

D.

?specific-to-general organization

3.The following outline indicates which type of organization within its paragraphs??

Working? thesis: “All high school graduates should do one year of military duty or public service to develop their civic spirit and personal maturity”

I. Military or public service promotes a healthy civic spirit.

        A. Service brings many young people together to achieve common goals.

               1.    National Guard rebuilt dikes in Illinois.

               2.   Marines rebuilt schools in Iraq.

         B.   Service trains you to think of yourself as part of a group.

                1.   During basic? training, Army recruits are taught to serve and protect the unit.

                2.   In combat? situations, soldiers must rely on and trust one another.

II.    Military or public service promotes maturity.

          A.   Personal maturity means taking responsibility for your actions.

                   1.  People who serve often work on important projects.

                   2.   Soldiers in Iraq must make life or death decisions.

          B.  Personal maturity means learning how to interact with other people.

                  1.  Marines in a unit must work? together, whether they get along as individuals or not.

                  2. Soldiers in Iraq must deal with a different culture and with people who are often? angry,

                      demoralized, or afraid.

A.

chronological

order

B.

importance

order

C.

general

to specific

D.

specific

to general

4.Which of the following describes spatial? organization?

A.

The writer begins with a specific detail about a place and then starts making generalizations about the place.

B.

The writer begins at one location and moves detail by detail around an area.

C.

The writer describes all aspects of a? place, including its?geography, history, and aesthetic features.

D.

The writer begins as far back in time as possible and moves forward in time detail by detail.

5.Which group of transitions would all be used with time? order?

A.

?immediately, at the same? time, on the? contrary, soon

B.

?then, next, to? summarize, afterward

C.

?first, now,? finally, meanwhile

6.Identify the correct statement about the organization of an essay.

A.

There are several different methods of organization that essays can follow.

B.

There is only one method of organization that essays can follow.

C.

Some methods of organization make essays much harder to read than others.

D.

Some essays do not need to follow any organization method.

7.Which of the following topic sentences would require spatial? organization?

A.

The lighthouse stood like a soldier on guard.

B.

During the? holidays, we had one adventure after another.

C.

?It's better to rent DVDs than buy them.

8.Each paragraph in the body of the essay makes a point and then

A.

presents a new thesis

statement.

B.

draws a

conclusion.

C.

supports

it.

D.

makes another

point.

9.Which of the following sentences does not provide specific support for the topic? sentence?

Topic? Sentence: Study groups are an effective way to study.

A.

Other members of the group may be able to point out specific questions that you? wouldn't have thought of that might be on a test.

B.

A study group is a group of people who get together to help each other study.

C.

Last year after I started attending a math study? group, my average went from a D to a B.

D.

Sometimes each member of the group will be responsible for reviewing a specific topic during the week before a test.

10.The specific points in essays may be

A.

concrete? details, facts, or examples.

B.

examples.

C.

concrete details or facts.

Answer 1

1) Which of the following essay outlines follows a? general-to-specific organization?

Answer = B

Body Pragraph 1- Topic sentence focusing on a narrow idea with supporting details

Body Pragraph 2- Topic sentence focusing on a broader idea with supporting details

Body Pragraph 3- Topic sentence focusing on a broadest idea with supporting details

2.Identify the method of essay organization that begins with a narrow focus and widens in scope over the course of the essay.

Answer = D.specific-to-general organization

• The specific-to-general approach leads the reader to a general conclusion by first presenting detailed support of that conclusion.

Answer 3 = B. importance order

• Here importance of military is being talked about

Answer 4 = C.The writer describes all aspects of a place, including its geography, history, and aesthetic features.

• Spatial organization, as one of the basic themes of geography, focuses on how to recognize and organize geographic space in which human activities occur