Elise is giving a speech on rockets. In her speech, she explains the stages involved in a multistage rocket launch. In this scenario, Elise is using an organizational pattern called:

a. time order.
b. narrative order.
c. topical order.
d. logical reasons order.


a. time order.
In this scenario, Elise is using an organizational pattern called time order. Time order refers to an organizational pattern that arranges the main points by a chronological sequence or by steps in a process. When you explain how to do something, how to make something, how something works, or how something happened, you will use time order.

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