What is one of the goals of a procedural document? a. to prompt the reader to explore an idea b. to gain readers' sympathy and trust c. to make an interpretation and support it with evidence d. to make complex information easy to understand

D) To make complex information easy to understand.

Explanation: The purpose of a procedure is to tell the reader how to do or make something. In a procedural text the information is presented in a logical sequence of events, which is broken up into small sequenced steps. From the given options, the one that represents one of the goals of a procedural text is the corresponding to option D: To make complex information easy to understand (in this way the reader can follow the steps).

compare & contrast informative essay/speech

when speaking or writing for the sole purpose of providing information in order to give audience members a good basis for making a decision, you would present an informative speech or essay.   because you wouldn’t want to be persuading the audience by arguing for one type of exercise over the other, you wouldn’t choose a persuasive/argumentative technique.   to fairly, and without bias, present information about the pros and cons of each type exercise, a compare/contrast, informative speech/essay would be the best bet.