岛与幕歌simplest way to find the answer is to note how the opening sentence in a passage or paragraph relates to the rest of the passage. How does the author’s main idea get developed and broken down into supporting ideas and statements?
As you go through the answer choices for these organization problems, quiz yourself on each answer choice.
Example:
Question: Which of the following best describes the organization of the author’s discussion of this topic?
A. He provides an example – Ask yourself, is there an example in the question? Don’t work exclusively from your memory. Make
sure you can go back and actually find the example in the
passage.
B. He makes a comparison – Ask yourself, is there a comparison in the question? Again, go back to the passage and actually find
the comparison being made and verify that it exists.
C. He makes an acknowledgement – Ask yourself, where is the
acknowledgement made and to whom?
D. He discusses a theory – Ask yourself, which theory is being
discussed?
After each of these initial questions, remember that it is not enough for them simply to be true, they have to answer the question. Simply because the author provided an example, doesn’t make choice A correct. The example provided may have been to support a
comparison that he was making and the comparison may be the main method of organization, which in this case would make answer choice
