All of the following are common organizational strategies except
chronology
sentence structure
order of importance
comparison/contrast

sentence structure

Sentence structure is the way a sentence is structured. Does the sentence begin with a prepositional phrase? Is it a simple sentence that contains just a subject and verb? Is it a compound complex sentence that uses conjunctions to tie everything together? These are sentence structures. When we talk about organizational strategies we usually are talking about how an entire essay or story is organized rather than a single sentence.

Chronological order is when the writing is organized by time. So whatever happens first is first, then the second event comes next, and so on.

Order of importance is organized with either the most important item first or the least important item first. Then it goes in order. Sometimes a speaker wants to end with their most passionate argument whereas an essay writer might start with the most important item to get people interested.

Comparison and Contrast organizational structure is used when you want to discuss the similarities and differences between or among things.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)