Which feature helps identify the organization of a text, such as how ideas are arranged?

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Understanding how a text is put together involves noticing signals of its organization. Headings show the structure and main subtopics, guiding you through how the piece is arranged. Transitions reveal how ideas connect from one part to the next, showing relationships and flow. Sequence words like first, next, finally indicate the order in which information is presented, helping you follow the progression. Topic sentences state the main idea of each paragraph and show how that idea fits into the overall organization of the text.

The other features don’t really reveal how the text is organized: an author’s personal life isn’t about how the text is arranged, the length of the introduction doesn’t reliably indicate structure, and the color of page margins doesn’t provide information about the text’s organization.