Question

Imagine you were giving a speech on the British Empire for your history class. You arranged your speech into the following categories:

i. Great Britain Overtakes India
i. Great Britain Captures Quebec
iii. Great Britain Establishes the 13 Colonies
iv. Great Britain Gains Florida from Spain

What type of organizational pattern best describes these categories?

a. topical
b. cause and effect
c. chronological
d. spatial
e. problem and solution

Answer 1

I believe the answer is D. Spatial. This is because the spatial speech pattern organizes information according to how things fit together in physical space. This pattern is best used when your main points are oriented to different locations that can exist independently. The basic reason to choose this format is to show that the main points have clear locations.