Question

Yael is writing an essay about the development of folk tales. Read the excerpt from her essay. Every culture throughout time has had its own folk tales, which were first transmitted from person to person with the technology available at the time. Folk tales began as an oral tradition. With the invention of written language, folk tales were recorded by community scribes, until 1450, when the printing press was invented. The result was a wider distribution of folk tales, which were collected in books. Based on the beginning of Yael’s essay, how does the structure support her central idea? Yael gives details in order of importance, which does not support her central idea by showing development. Yael gives details in order of importance, which supports her central idea by showing development. Yael gives details in chronological order, which does not support her central idea because it does not show development. Yael gives details in chronological order, which supports her central idea by showing development.

Answer 1

The correct answer is D. Yael gives details in chronological order, which supports her central idea by showing development.

Explanation:

In the excerpt presented, Yael provides information about the development of folktales, for doing this she first states folktales were transmitted orally but later this changed due to the development of technology. After this, Yael adds details in chronological order related to this idea as she states before 1450 folktales were orally transmitted but wit the invention of press they became documents and books. This means the details provided by Yael effectively explain the central idea and these details are organized chronologically or according to time (Option D).

Answer 2

Answer:

Yael gives details in chronological order, which supports her central idea showing development

Explanation:

Yael is talking about the advancement of the transmission of  folk tales through the years. To support this theme, it establishes a chronological order that shows how the technology of the day transmitted these tales through the generations. For this, Yael explains that first the  folk tales were passed from person to person orally, then these folk tales were written and after a few years were printed.