Question

Read the following excerpt from Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and answer the question that follows.

When we drew near the island, we found it was at a place where there could be no landing, there being a great surff on the stony beach. So we dropt anchor, and swung round towards the shore. Some people came down to the water edge and hallow'd to us, as we did to them; but the wind was so high, and the surff so loud, that we could not hear so as to understand each other. There were canoes on the shore, and we made signs, and hallow'd that they should fetch us; but they either did not understand us, or thought it impracticable, so they went away, and night coming on, we had no remedy but to wait till the wind should abate; and, in the meantime, the boatman and I concluded to sleep, if we could; and so crowded into the scuttle, with the Dutchman, who was still wet, and the spray beating over the head of our boat, leak'd thro' to us, so that we were soon almost as wet as he. In this manner we lay all night, with very little rest; but, the wind abating the next day, we made a shift to reach Amboy before night, having been thirty hours on the water, without victuals, or any drink but a bottle of filthy drink, and the water we sail'd on being salt.


Which text structure does the author use here and why?


A. A sequence walks the reader through the narrator's process of sailing a ship

B. Description provides imagery that allows the reader to envision the author's experiences aboard the ship

C. Problem and solution explores possible resolutions when Franklin finds himself lost in the woods

D. Compare and contrast illustrates the similarities and differences between Benjamin Franklin and George Washington

Answer 1

The author uses a B) description text structure to vividly depict the narrator's experiences aboard the ship.

Step-by-step explanation:

The text structure used in this excerpt is B. Description. The author uses vivid and descriptive language to paint a picture of the narrator's experiences aboard the ship.

The reader can envision the rough sea, the stony beach, the canoes on the shore, and the spray beating over the boat.

The author's use of imagery helps to immerse the reader in the story and understand the challenging conditions the characters faced.