When Using the Direct Order Plan to Organize Your Information

question 9

Multiple Choice

When using the direct order plan to organize your information in a message, you should _____.

• A) present information that readers consider routine in the beginning
• B) present information that readers consider positive at the end
• C) present information that readers consider neutral at the end
• D) avoid beginning your message by stating your objective
• E) avoid delivering good news at the beginning of the message

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Definitions:

Fitness Function

A concept used in genetics and evolutionary biology to measure an organism's ability to survive and reproduce.

Directional

Pertaining to or indicating the direction in which something is moving or facing; also refers to evolutionary changes in a population that favor a specific set of traits.

Stabilizing

A type of natural selection that favors the average individuals in a population, thus maintaining the population’s genetic stability over time.

Disruptive

Pertaining to a type of natural selection that favors extreme values of a trait over intermediate values, potentially leading to speciation.