Choose the Appropriate Letter or Letters to Identify the Pattern

Choose the appropriate letter or letters to identify the pattern or patterns in each reading. Most businesses can be classified according to one of three main legal structures: sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation.Almost three-fourths of American businesses are sole proprietorships, very small companies with only one owner and few employees.Many retail, service, and agricultural businesses, for example, are sole proprietorships.About 7 percent of businesses are partnerships.These tend to be relatively small companies with two or more owners.Many accounting, law, and advertising firms are organized as partnerships.Corporations comprise about 19 percent of all businesses.A corporation is usually a mid- to large-sized company that sells shares of ownership to stockholders, or investors.General Motors, Walmart stores, and Procter & Gamble are among some of America's largest corporations.

A) definition
B) classification
C) time order: process
D) time order: sequence of dates and events
E) comparison and contrast
F) cause and effect
G) simple listing