Grade 9 · Reading & language
Explain the effect of a text's arrangement practice
Explain how order, repetition or delayed information shapes a reader's response.
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READ THE PASSAGE
A story withholds the contents of a letter until its final paragraph.
Which explanation best describes the structural effect?
- The letter cannot affect the story.
- Every reader already knows the contents.
- The delay creates a question the ending resolves.
- The final paragraph must occur first in time.
See the answer & why
The delay creates a question the ending resolves.
Delayed information can sustain suspense about the letter.
A little hint: Ask what the chosen opening or order lets the reader know or wonder about before other information appears.
A teaching tip
Ask what the chosen opening or order lets the reader know or wonder about before other information appears.