Question

Which sentence from this conversation most clearly illustrates the technique of outlining a discussion plan? JENNIFER: All right, today we're discussing Five Doors Down by Len McGill. Has everyone read it? DANIEL: Sure did. Twice actually . . . ANNA: Yup. I had a lot of notes on this one. [Holds up paper.] JENNIFER: Wow, way to be prepared, guys. Why don't we start with the symbolism of the door? I think it seemed pretty essential to the storyline. After that, we can move on to other moments in the story. We might disagree, so let's just remember to keep things polite. Sound good? A. I had lots of notes on this one. B. Why don't we start with the symbolism of the door? C. We might disagree, so let's . . . keep things polite. D. Wow, way to be prepared, guys.

Answer 1

The correct answer is B. Why don't we start with the symbolism of the door?

Explanation:

An outline is a plan or summary that contains the main or ideas to be developed during a speech or texts and that helps the author to cover all the ideas in an organized way. This means outlines mainly organize the content that should be included in some text, speech or discussion. In the case of outlining a discussion plan, it means to organized in a plan the contents that will be discussed and the order of them which allows the discussion to flow and cover all the important points. Considering this, the sentence that illustrates the technique of outlining a discussion plan is "Why don't we start with the symbolism of the door?" because this sentence shows Jeniffer has a plan to follow during the discussion and to cover all the important content, which is what the technique of outlining a discussion is about.