1. Read the selection and answer the question that follows.

As a member of the crisis management team, you are required to attend our biannual crisis management workshops. These workshops will prepare you to lead your division in the event of a company crisis. The workshops always take place during the second week in January, and they are held at our headquarters in Dallas, Texas. Workshop registration information is available on the company website.

Identify the function of the sentence The workshops always take place during the second week in January, and they are held at our headquarters in Dallas, Texas.

Support sentence

Topic sentence

2. Paragraph coherence occurs when the ideas in a paragraph are linked and there is a logical flow from one idea to the next.

Which of the following are techniques that you can use to help the reader follow your ideas? Check all that apply.

Use bullets and lists to connect similar ideas.

Avoid repetition of words and phrases.

Use pronouns to refer to previous nouns.

Place prepositions near the end of the sentence.

Show connections with transitional expressions.