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Why do historians usually use a sequential (or chronological) text structure? What other organizational structures might they use?

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Historians use sequential (chronological) text structure to demonstrate events over a linear time span. They could use a cause and effect structure, as well as a comparison and contrast structure.

Step-by-step explanation:

By using a chronological textual structure, historians allow the creation of a narrative where events create a linear passage of time. In this way, historians can create a text where events are organized to show the passage of time and the effects that this passage had on society from the beginning to the present.

Historians could use a cause and effect structure to show how attitudes and events in the past have resulted in events and situations in more recent times.

They can also use a structure of comparison and contrast, where they compare different times and evidence the factors where both are similar or different.

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