C. The events can be separate or connected to the main plot.
Both passages use chronological order and passage 1 mainly presents facts, while passage 2 uses more description are the two statements that best describe the text structures of both passages.
You can see how both texts have a chronological order because both have dates or mention times in the people's lives which are mentioned following the order in which they occurred. In the first text, for example, there are many time references like "when he was four years old...", "at the age of seven..." and "at the age of 15..." which follow a chronological order. In the second passage, phrases like "November 6, 1854", "at the age of 13'...', "by 1880..." exemplify how chronollogical order is followed.
In the first passage there are many more facts mentioned. For example, the time Duke Ellington was born, when he started listening to music, when he started playing the piano, when he started working at a soda fountain, his salary after his first gig, when he formed a band, etc. In the second passage, on the other hand, more descriptions are used. For example, it describes Sousa as a "determined, industrious and optimistic" boy. It then describes how famous he was by 1880 and then mentions several personality traits to describe him as talented, tolerant and approachable.
in the passage, what causes the conflict between
the narrator and his friends?
A The narrator secretly despises his friends for
their mean-spirited pranks, and he visits only
to get the better of them.
B The friends' laughter causes the narrator to be
anxious, for he interprets it as a joke on his
behalf.
C The friends' exaggerated merriment and
predilection to prank the narrator make him
paranoid when he visits.
D The narrator dislikes the lodgings given to him
by his friends.
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<span>#1) Which statement best approximates the main ideas of this section?
Answer: I believe that the statement that best approximates the main ideas of the Reading Skills section is that Recognition of author’s intent and the organization of his ideas make comprehension easier.
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