Question

passage 3: the dumbo octopus
photo credit: sietties bkknone, https://www.thoughtco.com/dumbo-octopus-3091972
when you imagine the ocean floor, perhaps your mind swims with huge, mysterious creatures full of sharp teeth and scaly skin. exotic animals like the giant spider crab, fangtooth fish,
while one may assume that this octopus has superior hearing skills, the \dumbo ears\ on the dumbo octopus aren’t actually ears. they are fins located on the mantle of the octopus that helps it move through the water with speed and grace. like other octopuses, dumbos have webbing between each of their arms. they use the webbing to propel them through the water .... they can also use their tentacles to crawl along the floor of the ocean. of course, swimming is the mode of choice when the dumbo octopus needs to escape a predator. ... when a predator does manage to get close, some dumbos have one last line of defense: sharp spines line their eight tentacles. they can use these to swipe at a fish or another animal, puncturing its skin. (paragraph 5)
how does the author use description and cause - and - effect text structures to add meaning to this excerpt?

Explanation:

The problem is about analyzing the author's use of description and cause - effect structures in a passage about the Dumbo Octopus. This falls under the subfield of Literature (within Arts) as it involves analyzing text structures and descriptive techniques in a written work.

Answer:

Literature (Arts)