Identify Organizational Disruptions in Paragraph Sequences

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Instructions: For each of the following paragraph, identify the organizational pattern at work, and then identify where the disruption of the pattern occurs (if any) and how the patten is disrupted. To review, see this discussion of organization in paragraph sequences and topic strings (open in a separate browser window).

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Pluto presents significant challenges for spacecraft because of its small mass and great distance from Earth. Voyager 1 could have visited Pluto, but controllers opted instead for a close flyby of Saturn's moon Titan. Voyager 2 never had a plausible trajectory for reaching Pluto. In 2000, NASA cancelled the Pluto Kuiper Express mission, citing increasing costs and launch vehicle delays. The first spacecraft to visit Pluto will be NASA's New Horizons, launched on January 19, 2006.

Venus presents significant challenges for spacecraft because of its small mass and great distance from Earth. Voyager 1 could have visited Pluto, but controllers opted instead for a close flyby of Saturn's moon Titan. Voyager 2 never had a plausible trajectory for reaching Pluto. In 2000, NASA cancelled the Pluto Kuiper Express mission, citing increasing costs and launch vehicle delays. The first spacecraft to visit Pluto will be NASA's New Horizons, launched on January 19, 2006.

Mars presents significant challenges for spacecraft because of its small mass and great distance from Earth. Voyager 1 could have visited Pluto, but controllers opted instead for a close flyby of Saturn's moon Titan. Voyager 2 never had a plausible trajectory for reaching Pluto. In 2000, NASA cancelled the Pluto Kuiper Express mission, citing increasing costs and launch vehicle delays. The first spacecraft to visit Pluto will be NASA's New Horizons, launched on January 19, 2006.

Earth presents significant challenges for spacecraft because of its small mass and great distance from Earth. Voyager 1 could have visited Pluto, but controllers opted instead for a close flyby of Saturn's moon Titan. Voyager 2 never had a plausible trajectory for reaching Pluto. In 2000, NASA cancelled the Pluto Kuiper Express mission, citing increasing costs and launch vehicle delays. The first spacecraft to visit Pluto will be NASA's New Horizons, launched on January 19, 2006.

The organizational pattern here is general to specific. The fourth sentence disrupts that pattern by stating something at a higher level of generality than the predceding sentence.

Paragraphs	Pattern (entire paragraph sequence)	Disruption
Pluto presents significant challenges for spacecraft because of its small mass and great distance from Earth. Voyager 1 could have visited Pluto, but controllers opted instead for a close flyby of Saturn's moon Titan. Voyager 2 never had a plausible trajectory for reaching Pluto. In 2000, NASA cancelled the Pluto Kuiper Express mission, citing increasing costs and launch vehicle delays. The first spacecraft to visit Pluto will be NASA's New Horizons, launched on January 19, 2006.
Venus presents significant challenges for spacecraft because of its small mass and great distance from Earth. Voyager 1 could have visited Pluto, but controllers opted instead for a close flyby of Saturn's moon Titan. Voyager 2 never had a plausible trajectory for reaching Pluto. In 2000, NASA cancelled the Pluto Kuiper Express mission, citing increasing costs and launch vehicle delays. The first spacecraft to visit Pluto will be NASA's New Horizons, launched on January 19, 2006.		Disruption occurs here.
Mars presents significant challenges for spacecraft because of its small mass and great distance from Earth. Voyager 1 could have visited Pluto, but controllers opted instead for a close flyby of Saturn's moon Titan. Voyager 2 never had a plausible trajectory for reaching Pluto. In 2000, NASA cancelled the Pluto Kuiper Express mission, citing increasing costs and launch vehicle delays. The first spacecraft to visit Pluto will be NASA's New Horizons, launched on January 19, 2006.		Disruption occurs here.
Earth presents significant challenges for spacecraft because of its small mass and great distance from Earth. Voyager 1 could have visited Pluto, but controllers opted instead for a close flyby of Saturn's moon Titan. Voyager 2 never had a plausible trajectory for reaching Pluto. In 2000, NASA cancelled the Pluto Kuiper Express mission, citing increasing costs and launch vehicle delays. The first spacecraft to visit Pluto will be NASA's New Horizons, launched on January 19, 2006.		Disruption occurs here.

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