Text Structure Most Missed

chronological order/sequence

problem/solution

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main idea/description

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to assist the reader in understanding by providing a visual

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to clarify a term or phrase outside of the text

Stock market employees work in a constant state of anxiety, much like herding animals.

Herd behavior contributes to stock market surges and crashes because it compels stockbrokers to act on emotion rather than reason.

Both herd behavior and the stock market are motivated mainly by greed, which prevents people from using logic and reason.

Stock market bubbles and crashes are sometimes caused by herd behavior but are most often caused by fear.

It provides examples of how herd behavior has induced violent outcomes and endangered others.

It explains how large sporting events can be dangerous for people to attend.

It gives background as to where the first idea of "herd behavior" came from.

It allows the reader to udnerstand the impact of individual behavior in large, group settings.

to show how not every case of herd behavior is necessarily negative or violent.

to show how herd behavior also occurs in smaller groups.

to demonstrate how herd behavior allows individuals to avoid risks.

to acknowledge that herd behavior is a problem that everyone faces.