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
cause and effect
chronological
problem and solution
order of importance
is it B?
No, the organizational structure used in these paragraphs is not chronological. The paragraphs do not present information in a time-based order.
The correct answer is option D) order of importance. In these paragraphs, President Carter is highlighting how the focus of government discourse has shifted over time, from discussing national concerns, such as the energy crisis and the economy, to narrow, isolated perspectives of what Washington thinks is important. The paragraphs emphasize an order of importance, showing how the government's priorities have shifted away from the nation's hopes, dreams, and vision of the future.