Lesson 4 - Transitions and Organization Patterns

During the election, the candidate will make a number of campaign stops throughout the United States.

What pattern of organization and transition was used in the above sentence?

• Time order

• Listing

• Generalization

• Classification

Managers experience several different personnel problems that must be solved before a business can work effectively such as tardiness, poor performance, and inappropriate computer usage.

What pattern was used in the above sentence?

• Listing

• Comparison and Contrast

• Cause and effect

• Spatial

_______ Chloe is afraid of heights, she went bungee jumping to celebrate her birthday.

• For example

• Furthermore

• Eventhough

• So

Distance education is learning that takes place when the student is in a location apart from the classroom, building, or site; ________________, online courses and telecourses are distance learning courses.

• Between

• Just as

• Type

• For example

Isabella wanted to become a professional actress, ___________________she moved to New York City.

• Just as

• So

• Between

• Like

Jealousy destroys a friendship __________________thoroughly as a wildfire consumes a forest.

• Between

• Like

• Just as

• Among

The best course of action to take ________________ one has made a mistake is to admit it, learn from it, and avoid making it again.

• when

• where

• who

• why

Pilates develops a strong and supple spine by extending the space_______________each vertebra.

• furthermore

• moreover

• between

• consequently

Just as we relate to others based on their personality traits, we tend to interact with our personal computers based on their performance.

What type of organization and transitional pattern was used?

• Spatial

• Time order

• Listing

• Comparison

Acrophobia is an intense, unreasonable fear of high places; for example my sister is unable to go above the third floor of any building without feeling enormous anxiety.

• Classification

• Definition and example

• Compare and contrast

• Cause and effect