Question

What organizational structure does dryden employ in this excerpt? "shakespeare was the homer, or father of our dramatic poets: jonson was the virgil, the pattern of elaborate writing: i admire him, but i love shakespeare."
a. coherence
b. cause and effect
c. problem and solution
d. compare and contrast?

Answer 1

The organizational structure that Dryden employs in this excerpt is D. compare and contrast.
First of all, he is comparing Shakespeare to Homer, and then Jonson to Virgil. Then, he is comparing Shakespeare to Jonson, and saying that, based on all of his comparisons and contrastings, he still prefers Shakespeare to Jonson.