Question

Which of the following sentences most clearly uses topical organization?

A. Do you have problems with mosquitoes and gnats? Fabulous Exterminators can help!
B. We've gathered at this conference to discuss three things: poverty, war, and disease.
C. Killer bees have spread up from South America into Mexico and the United States.
D. First, gather all the painting supplies you need. Next, lay them out on a work bench.

Answer 1

The answer is B.

Topical or logical organization can be used when someone is planning a presentation or speech that contains several ideas that are interrelated. As the sentence A shows: the objective of the conference is to discuss topics that have some connection among them, as problems that affect some countries: poverty, war and disease.