Discuss the five common bases for determining the sequence of minor ideas that accompany the major idea.

Answers will vary. For determining the sequence of minor ideas that accompany the major idea, the following bases for idea sequence are common:
a. Time: When writing a report or email message about a series of events or a process, paragraphs proceed from the first step through the last step.
b. Space: If a report is about geographic areas, ideas can proceed from one area to the next until all areas have been discussed.
c. Familiarity: If a topic is complicated, the presentation can begin with a known or easy-to-understand point and proceed to progressively more difficult points.
d. Importance: In analytical reports in which major decision-making factors are presented, the factors can be presented in order of most important to least important, or vice versa.
e. Value: If a presentation involves major factors with monetary values, paragraphs can proceed from those with greatest values to those with least values, or vice versa.