The effect of these lists is to create a sense of continuity and process.
What are lists?
These are ways of organizing many elements.
It's a sequence of elements.
The lists present in the paragraphs indicated in the question above create a sequence of things and places that gives the reader the feeling of continuity and process in the formation of a certain element, or in the formation of mental images that reinforce the idea constructed by the author.
Full quesion:
Read the full text "In How You Became You by Bill Bryson" and answer the question.
2. Some sentences in paragraph 6, 8, and 9 contain lists of things or events. What is the EFFECT of these lists?