Jose is suggesting to the dean of his business school that a new course be added at his university after learning about new trends during his internship. he begins his message with reasons and supporting documentation, followed by a topic sentence stating his recommendation. he is using the paragraph plan.

The way Jose is writing his message with writing first the reasons and supporting documentation, followed by a topic sentence stating his recommendation means that Jose is using the indirect paragraph plan. The indirect plan is characterized with paragraphs arranged in the following way: start with the supporting sentences and conclude with the main sentence.