Question

yael is writing an essay about the development of folk tales. read the excerpt from her essay. every culture throughout time has had its own folk tales, which were first transmitted from person to person with the technology available at the time. folk tales began as an oral tradition. with the invention of written language, folk tales were recorded by community scribes, until 1450, when the printing press was invented. the result was a wider distribution of folk tales, which were collected in books. based on the beginning of yaels essay, how does the structure support her central idea? yael gives details in order of importance, which supports her central idea by showing development. yael gives details in chronological order, which supports her central idea by showing development.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the essay's structure. The excerpt describes folk tales' development: oral tradition → written language (scribes) → printing press (1450). This is chronological (time - ordered) order. A chronological structure showing the sequence of folk tale development (oral to written to printed) supports the central idea about their development. The other options are incorrect: order of importance doesn't fit (it's time - based), and the “chronological…doesn't support” option is wrong as chronological order does show development.

Answer:

Yael gives details in chronological order, which supports her central idea by showing development.