Read the passage. it begins when people leave the crowded city and move to a rural area. they build a new community and more people move in. development follows until most of the land has been used. then citizens organize to stop the development. they start a petition drive to place a referendum on the ballot. the passage uses what organizational pattern? order of importance spatial order chronological order

The correct answer is Chronological order

Explanation:

The chronological order refers to a type of organizational pattern used in texts in which details are organized according to time either by including dates of events that go from the oldest to the most recent event or vice-versa or by using transitions such as first, then, after, finally, etc. This type of organization can be seen in the excerpt presented because in this events are organized according to time as the author of it describing a process step by step that begins as people leave the city, continue as they create a community and use the land and ends as they organize to end with the development. This type of organization can also be identified because the author uses words such as "it begins" and "then" that refers to a sequence of time.

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