Question 10 Read this paragraph from "The Corps of Discovery Expedition"
The expedition was considered a success, as it accomplished several of its goals. First, it secured U. S.
ownership of the land, as Lewis and Clark made it all the way to the Pacific to claim it for the US Second, it
established positive relationships with over two dozen Native American nations. Third, Lewis and Clark discovered
over 300 new plant and animal species. Finally, although they did not discover a waterway that led from St. Louis to
the Pacific Ocean, they did create over 140 maps of the land. All together, the Corps of Discovery Expedition
enlightened the country of what existed in the West
What is the most likely reason the author chose to explain how the expedition was successful using the pattern of "first,"
"second third," and finally
ОА The author wanted to present the events of the expedition in chronological order
The author wanted to show the order in which the steps of the process were followed, one after
another
B
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The author wanted to show that they accomplished four goals they set out to achieve
The author wanted to mirror the structure of a previous paragraph that explained what the key goals
of the expedition were
D