The structure of events, such as a news story recounting days leading up to an important event, is described by which term?

• A. Sequence
• B. Exposition
• C. Plot
• D. Character

Answer: (A)

The idea being tested is how events are arranged over time. When a news story recounts days leading up to an important event, it presents what happened first, what came next, and so on—the events are organized in time. This ordering is called sequence.

Exposition is about background information and setting at the start, not the way events are laid out in time. Plot refers to the overall storyline of a fictional work, including conflicts and resolution, rather than the factual ordering of real events. Character focuses on the people involved, not on how the events unfold.

So, the best term for describing the structure that shows events in their chronological order is sequence.