Answer:
The organizational pattern being used is A. definition.
Explanation:
This question is confusing to many people - you will actually find several claiming the answer is letter C, classification, which it is NOT. As a matter of fact, we just need to take a look at the beginning of the excerpt to identify the pattern.
The author says, "Gravity is the source of a black hole’s super pull." What is she doing here? She is defining gravity, explaining what it is, its meaning. The rest of the excerpt is a continuation of that pattern. She is offering further details to make the definition more complete. A definition pattern is easily identifiable because it often uses terms such as: <u>is, means, refers to, is called, is defined as, entails, is characterized by.</u>
a phone book has peoples numbers, so that's not it.
a newspaper is a bunch of news, so no.
I don't actually fully understand thesauruses, so idk.
its a dictionary. hope I helped!
When a writer edits his/her own work, all four errors in grammar and usage listed above, need to be looked for.
a. Ways to replace overused words. A paragraph sounds clumsy when the same words are used too many times in a sentence/paragraph
b. Problems with verb tenses. It is very important to use the same verb tense throughout your written work.
c. Sentences missing commas and periods. If a sentence does not contain commas and periods, it is confusing and ends up being a jumble of words.
<span>d. Misused or missing capitalization.</span>
He expected to gain land, more resources, and more power because back then that's all they wanted.
the answer is A. a kind of fish
