It may be cold up North, but down in the Gulf they are fishing—scudding among the Florida Keys in a little white sailboat, landing for lunch on a strand as snowy as the northern streets, where the shimmering distances of white sand are paved with shell and pearl, and the tide thrums out its old song under the palms. And fish? Two-hundred and fifty pounds is the average day's catch for a small sailboat cruising among the Florida Keys.

This is a Nonfiction excerpt, but what makes it similar to a Fiction excerpt?

The author’s use of a made up setting

The author’s use of descriptions to create imagery

The author’s use of characters to develop the plot

The author’s use of a plot

B

What Asthma Is
1 Asthma is a disease that affects your lungs. It is the most common long-term disease of children. It causes repeated episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and nighttime or early morning coughing. 2 We know that family history contributes to susceptibility, but in most cases we don’t know what causes asthma to develop, and we don’t know how to cure asthma. You can control your asthma by knowing the warning signs of an attack, avoiding things that trigger an attack, and following the advice of your doctor.

Effects of Asthma
3 In 2001, 20.3 million Americans had asthma, and 12 million had had an asthma attack in the previous year. If a person has a parent with asthma, he or she is three to six times more likely to develop asthma than is a person who does not have a parent with asthma.

How Asthma Is Diagnosed
4 Asthma can be difficult to diagnose, especially in children under 5 years old. Regular physical exams that include checks of lung function and for allergies can help make the right diagnosis.

Which of the following methods of organization/development did the author of the above excerpt use (I’m referring to the ‘Asthma’ excerpt in question #2)?

Developmental/Logical
Subdivision
Chronological
Compare/Contrast

A?? not sure

It might be more developmental if 3 and 4 were reversed in order. I'd say B, subdivision.

In order to determine the correct answer, let's break down the passage and analyze its structure.

The passage provides information about asthma and its effects in a sequential manner, starting from what asthma is (paragraphs 1 and 2), then discussing the effects of asthma (paragraph 3), and finally explaining how asthma is diagnosed (paragraph 4).

Based on this structure, we can conclude that the method of organization/development used by the author is "Chronological." The information is presented in a logical progression of time or sequence.

Therefore, the correct answer is "Chronological."