Which excerpt from the passage provides evidence of
a chronological structure?
slavery was abolished in the british empire in 1833,
thirty years before the emancipation proclamation in the
united states. but even after they freed their slaves, the
sugar plantation owners were desperate to find cheap
labor to cut cane and process sugar. so the british owners
looked to another part of the empire-india-and
recruited thousands of men and women who were given
five-year contracts and a passage back.
-sugar changed the world,
marc aronson and marina budhos
o "slavery was years before the
emancipation proclamation."
o'the sugar plantation owners were desperate."
o "so the british owners looked to another part of the
empire."
"thousands of men and women were given
five-year contracts."

Read the excerpt. “this is a train-servicing station and we have to wait for a train.” he shakes his head. i smile. “it’d be nice if we could get one.” lauren mizock has revised her draft of “train tracks” to convey plot events using

At first i was afraid to approach him—then the fear left me. he was sitting looking out over the city—he was dressed in the clothes of the gods. his age was neither young nor old—i could not tell his age. but there was wisdom in his face and great sadness. you could see that he would have not run away. he had sat at his window, watching his city die—then he himself had died. but it is better to lose one's life than one's spirit—and you could see from the face that his spirit had not been lost. i knew, that, if i touched him, he would fall into dust—and yet, there was something unconquered in the face. how does the conflict at the beginning of the paragraph move the plot forward? the narrator realizes that he is scared of the gods. the narrator realizes that he distrusts the spirits the narrator realizes that the god was a man. the narrator realizes that he is powerful like the gods.

Throughout the giver, author lois lowry renames many everyday terms. eleven-year-olds are "elevens," babies are "newchildren," stuffed animals are "comfort objects," and families are called "family units." what is the purpose of these alternate labels? what effect do they have on the story?