Making the Guide Understandable

3 questions. Choose the meaning or usage that best fits each situation. Try answering before reopening the passage.

1What makes the early guide disjointed?A. Every sentence gives a precise and consistent deadline.B. It contains too few decorative illustrations.C. Its sections lack a coherent connection or useful order.D. It follows the booking sequence from beginning to end.

2The word soon creates _____ when readers need to know a definite reply period.A. precisionB. vaguenessC. certaintyD. specificity

3Which sentence would reasonably be called incomprehensible to the intended readers?A. A brief heading that accurately names the next section.B. A familiar instruction written in ordinary words and supported by an example.C. A clear sentence explaining an inconvenient but definite deadline.D. A sentence built from unexplained abbreviations and tangled references that readers cannot interpret.

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