ACT Preparation / Unit 17 ACT 1613 short lesson, about 20 seconds
How a Passage Is Organized
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The idea
A passage's structure, its form, supports what it communicates, its function. It may move in time order, by comparison, by cause and effect, or through a process, and it may be divided into sections.
In practice
An essay on two cities alternates paragraphs between them, a comparison structure.
Where people slip
Structure questions ask how the passage is built, not what it says.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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