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This activity contains 10 questions.

Partitioning:

	A. Organizes a whole that is bigger than its parts.
	B. Combines an assortment of things that share certain similarities.
	C. Is not a useful strategy for sorting things.
	D. Separates a thing into parts, chunks, sections, or categories.
	E. None of the above.

Classifying:

	A. Separates a thing into classes or parts.
	B. Groups things systematically into categories.
	C. Deals with things that do not share any similarities.
	D. Is not a useful strategy for sorting things.
	E. None of the above.

Typical questions in organizing for users include all of the following EXCEPT:

	A. What relationships do the collected data suggest?
	B. In which sequence will users approach this material?
	C. How do I emphasize my style of assessment?
	D. What belongs where?
	E. What comes first? Why?

All of the following help organize a document EXCEPT:

	A. An introduction that announces the viewpoint and previews what will follow.
	B. A conclusion that gives readers a clear perspective on what they have just read.
	C. Body paragraphs that explain and support the viewpoint.
	D. An introduction that attracts attention.
	E. A conclusion that introduces new material about other viewpoints.

A formal outline:

	A. Categorizes information just in academic essays.
	B. Effectively organizes only short documents.
	C. Should always be done before planning a manuscript.
	D. Provides more systematic organization at some later stage in the writing process.
	E. Can never serve as a table of contents in the finished report.

When organizing for cross-cultural audiences, consider all of the following expectations EXCEPT:

	A. British correspondence differs from American correspondence in that the British deliver the bad news last through an indirect approach.
	B. Russian documents favor long introductions and digressions that might seem tedious to native readers of English.
	C. Spanish readers might view the more direct organization of English documents as overly abrupt and simplistic.
	D. Some cultures consider digression to be a sign of intelligence or politeness.
	E. English paragraphs typically begin with a directly expressed main idea; any digression from this main idea impacts paragraph unity in a negative way.

Storyboarding:

	A. Provides a sketch of the finished document.
	B. Maps out each section to show the shape and appearance of the final document.
	C. Allows you to rearrange, delete, and insert material as needed.
	D. Is especially helpful in collaborative writing.
	E. All of the above.

A topic sentence does all of the following EXCEPT:

	A. Provides a framework for understanding a paragraph's information.
	B. Orients the reader to the paragraph's exact significance within the document.
	C. Appears late in the paragraph.
	D. Can consist of two or more sentences.
	E. Focuses and forecasts.

All of the following are logical sequences EXCEPT:

	A. Spatial sequence.
	B. Chronological sequence.
	C. Effect-to-cause sequence.
	D. Analogy sequence.
	E. Comparison-contrast sequence.

All of the following are true about chunking EXCEPT:

	A. Chunking does not show which pieces belong together.
	B. Chunking is particularly useful in designing hypertext documents.
	C. Chunking is based on the users' needs and the document's purpose.
	D. Chunking requires careful decisions about exactly how much is enough.
	E. Chunking information can be done verbally and visually.

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