Argument Technique in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech — Unit test

Question 12 • MO-English Language Arts 9 B-CR

In My Story, when Rosa Parks writes about her famous bus ride and arrest on December 1, 1955, she mostly uses a chronological text structure because she wants

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to explain why she stayed in her bus seat instead of standing.

to compare and contrast the treatment of blacks and whites.

readers to think about the causes of discrimination.

readers to understand what occurred to her that day.

Explanation

A chronological structure presents events in the order they happened. By recounting her bus ride and arrest on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks helps readers understand what occurred to her that day. The other choices describe explaining reasons or comparing ideas, rather than the main purpose of telling events in sequence.

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