ATI TEAS (Test of Essential Academic Skills) Version 7ReadingMedium
A patient is given a pamphlet about 'Understanding Your Diabetes Diagnosis.' The pamphlet includes sections such as 'What is Diabetes?', 'Types of Diabetes,' 'Managing Your Blood Sugar,' and 'Living Well with Diabetes.' What is the overall organizational strategy of this pamphlet?
- ATopical/Categorical
- BGeneral to specific
- CChronological
- DProblem/solution
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: A. Topical/Categorical
The pamphlet is divided into distinct, related, but not necessarily sequential, categories or topics about diabetes. It covers different facets of the diagnosis, from basic definition to management and lifestyle, each forming a separate topic. This is characteristic of a topical or categorical organizational strategy.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. While 'What is Diabetes?' is general, the subsequent sections are not increasingly specific details of that single concept but rather different aspects or categories of diabetes information.
- C. The sections don't present information in a time sequence.
- D. While diabetes is a problem and the pamphlet offers solutions, the overall structure is not strictly problem-solution but rather a comprehensive breakdown into related topics.
Topical/Categorical Organization
A text organization strategy where information is grouped into distinct, related sub-topics or categories, each of which addresses a different aspect of the main subject.
- Divides a main subject into distinct sub-sections.
- Sections are related but not necessarily sequential.
- Often uses headings and subheadings to delineate topics.
Memory trick: TOPICS: Organize Parts Into Categories.