Question

mostly i have stories, dreams, and memories\ (9).
define chronological:
\and then we arrived back at the sandy beach. the men brought out drinks from the trunks of their cars, laughter and talk sprang up, picnic foods came out, and people would disperse again—to their own families\ (4).
this passage uses the chronological text structure to
define cause & effect:
**the passage also follows chronological structure.
\memory begins with various wonders. for my friend mary, it began with hair. her hair grew tightly curled, so strong the spirals defied taming. brushing and combing brought tears. when mary tried to run her fingers through her hair as she saw others do, her fingers became hopelessly captured by the curls: hair, she deduced, must grow in loops, out of our head at one point, back into it at another. because her locks had never been cut, the loops never broken, her fingers became entangled in the loops\ (1).
this passage uses the cause and effect/chronological text structures to
which of the text structures has the most effect/best \fits\ the passage? please provide evidence to explain your answer (1 paragraph).

Explanation:

Cause and effect is the most effective text structure for the passage about Mary's hair. While the passage has a loose chronological flow of events (brushing, running fingers through hair), its core relies on clear causal links: Mary's tightly curled, uncut hair (cause) directly leads to outcomes like tears from brushing, fingers getting caught in curls, and her deduction about hair growing in unbroken loops. These explicit cause-effect relationships drive the passage's main point about the "wonders" of her memory tied to her hair, making this structure the best fit.

Answer:

Cause and effect is the most effective/best-fitting text structure. The passage centers on explicit causal connections: Mary's tightly curled, never-cut hair causes her pain when brushing, her fingers to get tangled in the curls, and leads to her deduction about how hair grows. While there is a minor chronological flow, the core of the passage is built on these cause-and-effect relationships that explain the origin of her memory, making this structure the strongest fit.