Stalin: A Brutal Legacy Uncovered
( commonlit assessment questions)
1. Which of the following best describes the structure of the overall passage?
A. It is framed in the context of the "Secret Speech," which gives a detailed account of Stalin's life before he rose to power.
B. It begins with the exposure of Stalin's secrets and crimes via the "Secret Speech," and then details his rise to power in chronological order.
C. It is framed through testimonials written from the points of view of Stalin's numerous victims, emphasizing the cost of his rule of the Soviet Union.
D. It follows Stalin's career in reverse chronological order starting with his death and ending with his early life, retracing the events that led to his rise to power.

Respuesta :

The structure of the passage follows Stalin's career in reverse chronological order, starting with his death, and passing through his youth, as shown in option D.

What is textual structure?

  • It is the way the text is organized.
  • It is the order in which information in the text is presented to the reader.

The textual structure is very important for the coherence and efficiency of a text. In the case of text indicated in the question above, we can see an inverse chronological structure.

This type of structure presents events according to the date they happened, but the timeline is inverted, showing first the most recent events and then the oldest.

We can see this type of structure in the indicted text, because it starts by showing the events that happened after Stalin's death, moving on to his youth and the events that provoked his ascension to the communist party.

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