Part 3: Text Structure in an Informational Text — Quiz
Question 2 • English Language Arts 12
Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England . Eight years later Francis Langley erects the Swan on a site nearby; and in 1596 Richard Burbage builds the Blackfriars Theatre, an indoor venue, although it does not open its doors until 1599. Most important of all, Shakespeare, Richard and Cuthbert Burbage, and their partners dismantle The Theatre and remove its beams to a new site at Southwark, where it is rebuilt in 1599 as the Globe. When Edward Alleyn builds the Fortune on the northern edge of the city in 1600, the array of Elizabethan theaters is complete. How does the author effectively show the establishment of Elizabethan theaters?
Answer
A
by listing in chronological order when several important theaters were built.
B
by using a humorous and lighthearted tone.
C
by using a grave and critical tone.
D
by randomly listing when certain theaters were built in the past.
Explanation
The excerpt names several theaters and gives the years they were built or opened: the Swan, Blackfriars, the Globe, and the Fortune. These details are arranged in time order, from the earlier theaters through the Fortune in 1600, showing how the theaters were established over time. The author is not using a humorous or critical tone, and the sequence is not random.
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