Read the excerpt from My Story . Back in the spring of 1955 a teenage girl named Claudette Colvin and an elderly woman refused to give up their seats in the middle section of a bus to white people. When the driver went to get the police, the elderly woman got off the bus, but Claudette refused to leave, saying she had already paid her dime and had no reason to move. When the police came, they dragged her from the bus and arrested her. The author uses a chronological text structure in this excerpt because it
Answer
A
gives readers a vivid and detailed description of the bus.
B
gives readers a clear picture of the sequence of events.
C
helps readers get into the minds of the people described.
D
helps readers see the pros and cons of the situation.
Explanation
A chronological structure presents events in the order they happened. The excerpt moves from the spring of 1955, to the women refusing to give up their seats, to the driver calling the police, and finally to Claudette being arrested. This gives readers a clear picture of the sequence of events.
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