Question

in 1808, their friend, the romantic poet clemens brentano, asked them to collect all types of folk tales so he could use them in a book of literary fairy tales. in 1810, they sent him fifty-four texts, which they fortunately copied. fortunately, because brentano then lost the manuscript in the ölenberg monastery in alsace and never used the grimms texts. when they realized that brentano was not going to use the tales, they decided, upon the advice of another romantic writer and mutual friend, achim von arnim, to publish their collection. it had grown to eighty-six tales, which they published in 1812, and then another seventy, which they published in 1815.
--\how the grimm brothers saved the fairy tale,\ jack zipes
what structural technique does the writer use in this passage?
○ the writer describes events in chronological order.
○ the writer describes events in their order of importance.
○ the writer provides a central idea and then lists examples.
○ the writer shows how the grimms made mistakes and then solved them.

Explanation:

The passage uses clear time markers: 1808, 1810, 1812, 1815, and arranges events in the order they occurred over time. None of the other techniques match: events are not ordered by importance, there is no central idea followed by examples, and the text does not focus on mistakes and solutions.

Answer:

A. The writer describes events in chronological order.