Question

Read the excerpt from President Jimmy Carter’s speech “Energy and the National Goals—A Crisis of Confidence.”

During the past three years I’ve spoken to you on many occasions about national concerns, the energy crisis, reorganizing the government, our nation’s economy, and issues of war and especially peace. But over those years the subjects of the speeches, the talks, and the press conferences have become increasingly narrow, focused more and more on what the isolated world of Washington thinks is important. Gradually, you’ve heard more and more about what the government thinks or what the government should be doing and less and less about our nation’s hopes, our dreams, and our vision of the future.

The organizational structure used in these paragraphs is __________.

Which option most accurately completes the statement?

Energy and the National Goals

A.cause and effect
B. chronological
C. order of importance
D. problem and solution

Answer 1

The correct answer would be option A. "Cause and Effect", this is due to the fact that in the first paragraph the author talks about the change that has occurred regarding the topics of the speeches and press conferences given, that they are not as ample and well rounded as they once were, all this would be the "cause" part of the organizational structure. Then, in the second paragraph the author says that because of that, as an "effect", the nation only hears what the government wants them to, disregarding their hope and dreams. It isn't option B. because it does not give facts with a timeline or referring to dates, it also does not state several things of varying importance nor does it give a solution to a problem, therefore options C and D are discarded as well.