Organizational Patterns and Author's Purpose Quiz

What is the author's purpose for using the chronological organizational pattern?

• To create a sense of suspense by jumping back and forth in time

• To emphasize the most important events first

• To present events or information in the order in which they occurred

• To confuse the reader with a jumbled timeline

Which organizational pattern is used when the author wants to show cause and effect?

• Compare and contrast

• Cause and effect

• Chronological order

• Problem and solution

What is the author's purpose for using the problem-solution organizational pattern?

• To confuse the reader with unnecessary details

• To highlight the benefits of the problem without offering a solution

• To present a problem and offer a solution

• To entertain the audience with a fictional story

When the author wants to highlight similarities and differences, which organizational pattern is used?

• Compare and contrast

• Chronological order

• Problem and solution

• Cause and effect

What is the author's purpose for using the description organizational pattern?

• To make the information less clear and harder to understand

• To provide a brief overview and leave the reader guessing

• To confuse the reader with unnecessary details

• To provide detailed information and create a clear picture for the reader

What is the author's purpose for using the compare-contrast organizational pattern?

• To provide a chronological sequence of events

• To highlight similarities and differences between subjects

• To entertain the readers with a fictional story

• To emphasize the importance of the subjects

What is the author's purpose for using the cause and effect organizational pattern?

• To entertain the reader with humorous anecdotes

• To show the relationship between events or actions and their consequences

• To confuse the reader with unrelated information

• To emphasize the importance of the main character

Which organizational pattern is used when the author wants to show the order of events?

• Alphabetical order

• Reverse order

• Chronological order

• Random order