Climactic order is a tool of compositoin of speech, it works by arranging details or ideas in order of increasing importance or force. In this excerpt, the author has arranged the gruesome facts of life during the Black Death in order to portray the breakdown of society this plague brought.
The right answer is letter E.
A. Joey isn't moving to Denver after all.
Answer:
"My family have been prominent, well-to-do people in this Middle Western city for three generations."
