In the list following each paragraph, write a check mark on the appropriate blank(s) to indicate the pattern(s) used to organize the supporting details.

Question

Several factors contributed to the fact that many people in many parts of Europe lived on the edge
of disaster in 1300. Growing numbers of people competed for land to farm and for jobs. Also, farm
sizes declined throughout Europe as parents tended to divide their land among their children. Rents
for farmland increased as landlords found they could play one land-hungry farmer against another.
Competition for jobs kept wages low, and when taxes were added to high rents and low wages,
many peasants and artisans found it difficult to marry and raise families.

__________ list
__________ time order
__________ cause/effect
__________ comparison/contrast
__________ definition

Answer 1

list, cause/effect