Question

Read the excerpt from The Dark Game. Cable messages from Europe to the United States traveled through transatlantic cables that passed deep in the English Channel. The British saw the cables as an opportunity to gain access to secret diplomatic messages sent from Berlin to its ambassador in Washington, D.C. Knowing they couldn't tap the cables the way they could tap phone lines, the British did the next best thing. The cable ship Telconia cut all five of the cables that carried communications through the channel. Which types of structures are used in the text? Select 2 options. problem and solution cause and effect chronological comparison and contrast

Answer 1

Answer:

Problem and solution.

Chronological.

Explanation:

Paul B. Janeczko's The Dark Game: True Spy Stories contains real-life events of spy stories in the history of America. This book delves into the numerous instances of spying and diplomat wartime stories.

In the given passage, the writer uses the problem-solution text structure in narrating how Britain cut "all five of the cables that carried communications through the channel" in order to stop all communications between Europe and the United States. This chronological sequencing allows the perfect presentation of how this act is carried out, providing the information before the solution is thought out. The problem was the communication of Europe and the US and the solution was cutting the communication cable. And the information was given in a perfect sequence of identifying the problem and presenting the solution.