A speech on space exploration consisted of the following outline:

I. Space exploration involved many people.
A. Scientists played a critical role in developing space exploration.
a. They had to develop necessary instruments and space capsules.
b. They had to devise mathematical formulas in order to make space travel possible.
B. The government played a key role in facilitating space explorations.
C. Legislators had to pass various bills and appropriations.
D. Politicians had to sell the space program to the public.
As a speaker, you would know that the type of organizational pattern illustrated in the above outline is a
A) time sequence pattern.
B) spatial pattern.
C) topical pattern.
D) persuasive pattern.
E) cause-effect pattern.

C