If Your Paragraphs Are Excessively Long, You May

question 148

Multiple Choice

If your paragraphs are excessively long, you may

• A) have difficulty maintaining parallel structure throughout.
• B) distract the reader with your confident tone.
• C) unintentionally obscure an important idea buried in the middle.
• D) need transitional expressions to highlight reader benefits.
• E) use simple sentences to smoothly link one idea with another.

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Definitions:

Ultimate Consumers

The end users of a product or service, typically individuals who purchase for personal use rather than for resale or manufacturing.

Organizational Buyers

Entities such as businesses, governments, and institutions that purchase goods and services for organizational use, not for personal consumption.

Industrial Market

The market for goods and services that are purchased for use in the production of other products or for resale within industries and businesses.

Mining Companies

Businesses involved in the extraction of minerals, metals, and other geological materials from the earth, which are then used in a variety of industries and products.