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2.2 Text Structure and Purpose - Organizational patterns: cause–effect, compare–contrast, problem–solution
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The following text is adapted from Gwendolyn Bennett’s 1926 poem “Street Lamps in Early Spring.”
Night wears a garment
All velvet soft, all violet blue...
And over her face she draws a veil
As shimmering fine as floating dew...
And here and there
In the black of her hair
The subtle hands of Night
Move slowly with their gem-starred light.
Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?
A.
It presents alternating descriptions of night in a rural area and in a city.
B.
It sketches an image of nightfall, then an image of sunrise.
C.
It makes an extended comparison of night to a human being.
D.
It portrays how night changes from one season of the year to the next.