Writing Informative Text Unit Test

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Question
Use the paragraph to answer the question.

Both the French and the Spanish languages use the same basic 26 letters from the Latin alphabet, although the letters within the alphabet are used to create different words and sounds for each language. Both languages feature accent marks, two of which are the same marks. While both languages are two of the most popular in the world, estimates suggest that Spanish is spoken by 570 million people in total whereas French is spoken by less than half that many.

Which organizational structure did the author use?

(1 point)
Responses

time order
time order

comparison and contrast
comparison and contrast

order of importance
order of importance

space order

comparison and contrast

To determine the organizational structure used in the paragraph, we need to look at how the information is presented and organized. In this paragraph, the author is comparing and contrasting the French and Spanish languages. The author explains the similarities and differences between the two languages, such as the use of the same basic 26 letters from the Latin alphabet and the presence of accent marks. Additionally, the author provides information about the popularity and number of speakers for each language, further highlighting the comparison and contrast. Therefore, the organizational structure used in this paragraph is comparison and contrast.

The organizational structure used by the author is comparison and contrast.