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In analyzing structure and organization for a form or document, it is beneficial for a technical communicator to determine if the form or document being created fits within a group of documents called the ''standard expository model'' (SE model). If the form or document being created is an SOE, then there are special strategies to writing the form or document.

A ''standard expository modelmodels'' is a term used to describeare “nonfiction"nonfiction print documents that (1) are primarily informational rather than expressive; (2) are intended to be read linearly (broadly speaking, from beginning to end); and (3) reveal structure explicitly with at least one heading level but very often more.”"<ref>Farkas, 12.</ref>

If a form being created fits within the SE model, there are three main strategies to be employed when creating it.