The overall structure of "The Robot Makers" and "Pick Up Sticks" can be evaluated based on how the stories are organized.
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Different because "The Robot Makers" uses cause and effect structure, and "Pick Up Sticks" uses chronological structure. - This option is correct if "The Robot Makers" emphasizes the relationship between events and their outcomes, while "Pick Up Sticks" presents events in the order they occur.
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Similar because they both use cause and effect structure. - This option is incorrect if one story indeed uses a chronological structure.
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Different because "The Robot Makers" uses chronological structure and "Pick Up Sticks" uses cause and effect structure. - This option is also incorrect based on what you have previously mentioned about their structures.
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Similar because they both use chronological structure. - This would be incorrect if one of the stories does not use chronological structure.
Based on the details you've provided, the first option seems to describe the differences correctly: "Different because 'The Robot Makers' uses cause and effect structure, and 'Pick Up Sticks' uses chronological structure."