. How is the following passage from a cause-and-effect essay organized? The greenhouse gas theory states that, in normal conditi
ons, sunlight warms the earth during the day. Then, at night the earth cools down. However, over the years, gases such as carbon dioxide have been released into the atmosphere. Now, those gases trap the heat that the earth would have cast off before. A. point by point B. subject by subject C. by chronological order D. by order of importance
I believe the correct answer is: C. by chronological order.
Chronological order represents the successive organization of
statements, actions or facts, which means that they are arranged following one
after another in time.
This passage of the cause-and-effect essay is organized in
chronological order. The indications to that are the time references as “day”, “night”, and “years” which represent chronological cycle. Apart from that, the
indications are also “then” and “now” which put the cause and effects one after
another in time.
