Question

Identify the text structures that appear in this piece of informational text.

As they grew, Chang and Eng learned to how to live joined together. As young children, they
could run, jump, and swim. By age fourteen, they were selling duck eggs to help support their
widowed mother. The two boys developed very different personalities, but they still got along
well enough. Chang was more outspoken and got angry easily. Eng was quiet and more
interested in watching the world around him. Although the two would sometimes fight and
even go for weeks without speaking, in general they acted together and shared habits and
opinions.

When Chang and Eng were teenagers, they were discovered by a British merchant who took
them on tour across Europe and the United States. At first, the twins simply stood on stage and
answered questions, but later they added gymnastic tricks and feats of strength to their act.
Although they brought in a lot of money for the merchant, Chang and Eng were paid very little
and sometimes treated badly. After they turned twenty-one, they decided to part ways with
the merchant and manage their own tours

Which organizational pattern does the author use in this passage?

cause and effect

chronological

spatial

problem and solution

Answer 1

Chronological.

The passage presents events in time order (childhood → age fourteen → teenage discovery → after twenty-one), using time markers like "as they grew," "by age fourteen," "when...teenagers," and "after they turned twenty-one."