A speech in which you began by discussing the percentage of drivers during a particular period of time who were drunk when involved in car accidents and then discussed number of deaths each year attributed directly to driving under the influence of alcohol, would be using which organizational pattern?
A) topical
B) cause-and-effect
C) chronological
D) spatial

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The speech is using a cause-and-effect pattern by beginning with the cause (percentage of drunk drivers involved in accidents) and then discussing the effect (number of deaths attributed to DUI).

A Speech in Which You Began by Discussing the Percentage