Owen is planning to give an informative speech about the nation's most popular national parks and he has decided to organize his speech by talking about popular parks in the eastern U.S. first and then moving westward before ending with information about Yosemite National Park in California. What pattern of organization has Owen chosen to use?

a. Spatial
b. Topical
c. Chronological
d. Causal


a. The spatial pattern allows a speaker to address topics logically in terms of
location or direction.

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a. True b. False

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