Question

in 1808, their friend, the romantic poet clemens brentano, asked them to collect all types of folk tales so he could use them in a book of literary fairy tales. in 1810, they sent him fifty-four texts, which they fortunately copied. fortunately, because brentano then lost the manuscript in the ölenberg monastery in alsace and never used the grimms texts. when they realized that brentano was not going to use the tales, they decided, upon the advice of another romantic writer and mutual friend, achim von arnim, to publish their collection. it had grown to eighty-six tales, which they published in 1812, and then another seventy, which they published in 1815.

-\how the grimm brothers saved the fairy tale,\
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what structural technique does the writer use in this passage?

• the writer describes events in chronological order.
• the writer describes events in their order of importance.
• the writer provides a central idea and then lists examples.
• the writer shows how the grimms made mistakes and then solved them.

Explanation:

Identify chronological markers

Using the Chronological Order and Grimm Brothers Analysis knowledge points
The passage tracks historical events sequentially using specific years:

• "In 1808, their friend... asked them to collect..."
• "In 1810, they sent him fifty-four texts..."
• "published in 1812..."
• "published in 1815."

Evaluate structural technique

Using the Chronological Order knowledge point
The writer organizes the narrative by tracing the timeline of events from 1808 to 1815. This sequential progression of dates demonstrates that the structural technique used is chronological order.

Answer:

• The writer describes events in chronological order. (Correct answer)
• The writer describes events in their order of importance.
• The writer provides a central idea and then lists examples.
• The writer shows how the Grimms made mistakes and then solved them.