Today, beach towns are popular tourist resorts. However, until a couple of hundred years ago, the seacoast was a place of danger. People stayed away from the coast because they feared capture by pirates or slave-raiders. In fact, many of the places we might like to go to in order to “get away” on vacation were once feared and avoided. Have you ever daydreamed of being stranded on a tropical island? That was once no daydream, but a terrible punishment for sailors found guilty of mutiny.

What is the main pattern of organization?

A) comparison and/or contrast

B) definition and example

C) no sense of organization

D) cause and effect