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Brannan: A Writer's Workshop
A Writer's Workshop: Crafting Paragraphs, Building Essays
Bob Brannan, Johnson County Community College

Creating and Explaining Groups

Quiz

For this exercise, identify the single organizing principle for each of the following groups:



1

spring, summer, autumn, winter. The topic is holidays. The SOP is:
A)temperature
B)seasons of the year
C)age
D)months
2

parents, cousins, brothers. The topic is family. The SOP is:
A)kinds of relationship
B)hair color
C)temperature
D)weight
3

explosions, gun fire, punching. The topic is attacks. The SOP is:
A)motivation
B)speed
C)color
D)loudness
4

French, Greek, Mexican, Thai. The topic is food. The SOP is:
A)color
B)cooking time
C)price
D)types of cuisine
5

superstars, stars, everyday players, bench players. The topic is baseball players. The SOP is:
A)experience
B)age
C)salary
D)friendliness
6

cautious, aggressive, angry, psychotic. The topic is drivers. The SOP is:
A)temperament
B)age
C)experience
D)responsibility
7

slackers, just getting by, hard workers, nerds. The topic is students. The SOP is:
A)responsibility
B)gender
C)hair color
D)intelligence