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How will you organize your own presentation?

There's no absolute way to determine which organizational pattern is best for your presentation, but very often there is one choice that stands out from the rest. If you spend a little time analyzing your topic, you will figure out the most logical way to present it. Chances are good that one of the four organizational patterns described in this lesson will work best for you.

Use the matching activity below to practice choosing organizational patterns for topics. Then follow the instructions at the bottom of the page to generate your own presentation topic--and to decide how to organize it.
The History of Cars

Lady GaGa and
Today's Music

Nations of Asia

Build a Model Rocket

Rodents: Rats to Mice
chronological order

spatial order

general to specific

specific to general

sequential order

Now generate some speech or presentation topics of your own. Use the Establish Order worksheet to decide how to organize your ideas using one of the organizational patterns in this lesson. Click the Activity button to get the worksheet.