3. Test Your Knowledge: Paragraph Structure, Transitions, and Flow

The following questions will test your knowledge of paragraph structure, transitions, and flow. Please answer the questions to review what you have just learned.

Choose the best option to begin the following paragraph.

Therefore, when you are meeting new clients for the first time, arrive a little early. If you are late, the client may form an unfavorable impression of your professional abilities.

Choose the best revision for logical flow and transition.

Communication with the public and employees should be overseen by the director of PR. The duties of the crisis team should be divided according to each members area of expertise. Since communicating accurate information is critical, you will need to assign specific members to interface with your own employees and public-safety agencies. If your company does not have a public relations executive, this job should be handled by the head of marketing or human resources. Furthermore, all members of your crisis team should receive training in crisis communication.

Which option is the best revision of the previous paragraph for logical flow and transition?

Communication with the public and employees should be overseen by the director of PR. The duties of the crisis team should be divided according to each members area of expertise. Since communicating accurate information is critical, you will need to assign specific members to interface with your own employees and public-safety agencies. If your company does not have a public relations executive, this job should be handled by the head of marketing or human resources. Furthermore, all members of your crisis team should receive training in crisis communication.

The duties of the crisis team should be divided according to each members area of expertise. Since communicating accurate information is critical, you will need to assign specific members to interface with your own employees and public-safety agencies. Communication with the public and employees should be overseen by the director of PR. If your company does not have a public relations executive, this job should be handled by the head of marketing or human resources. Nevertheless, all members of your crisis team should receive training in crisis communication.

All members of your crisis team should receive training in crisis communication, and the duties of the crisis team should be divided according to each members area of expertise. Since communicating accurate information is critical, you will need to assign specific members to interface with your own employees and public-safety agencies. Communication with the public and employees should be overseen by the director of PR. If your company does not have a public relations executive, this job should be handled by the head of marketing or human resources.

Read the paragraph below and use it to answer the question.

The IT department is in the process of overhauling our website. This update will require the implementation of a separate server for our company intranet and e-mail. This conversion will require a 24-hour downtime. As a result, all intranet and e-mail services will be unavailable on Saturday.

What is the purpose of this paragraph?

To inform the reader that the company intranet and e-mail services will be unavailable on Saturday.

To inform the reader that the IT department is revamping the company website.

Which of the following are examples of transitional expressions that indicate the result of a previous stated idea? Check all that apply.

Consequently

In conclusion

Nevertheless

Therefore

Identify whether the paragraph below uses a direct, indirect, or semi-indirect organizational pattern.

After 30 selfless years of service to our company, Renalda Garwacki has chosen to take a little more time for herself. Therefore, she has retired from the position of receptionist. With a new grandbaby on the way, Renalda looks forward to spending more time with her family. Renalda, enjoy your retirement: we will miss you.

What kind of organizational pattern does the previous paragraph use?

Direct

Semi-indirect

Indirect

Choose the best options to complete the following paragraph.

Corporate environmental accounting practices measure resource use and communicate the cost of a companys impact on the environment. increasingly widespread.

in April 2008, WalMart began carrying only concentrated forms of laundry detergent, dishwashing detergent, and many household cleaners, a decision which reduces packaging waste and increases shelf space.