English

Deegan Hall

13 August, 16:51

Read the excerpt from the letter to the editor. How are mixed-use areas different from what we have now? Let me tell you. Our city currently has a dense downtown area and then a massive amount of sprawl reaching out in every direction-the sprawl takes up seventy-five percent of the city's land. Urban sprawl, the spreading of large developments of housing and shopping areas around a city's center, has many negative cultural and environmental effects.

How does the structure of this excerpt support the overall idea of the letter?

The question-and-answer form allows the writer to lay out the benefits of mixed-use neighborhoods.

The compare-and-contrast form allows the writer to explain how urban sprawl can be increased in her city.

The compare-and-contrast form allows the writer to refute each potential benefit of urban sprawl.

The question-and-answer form allows the writer to define the difference between urban sprawl and mixed-use neighborhoods.