19. Reflections: Events in Your Life Writing Prompt In your studies , you read about the different types of informational structures used to present written information. When writing about events in the past, the sequential or chronological order structure works the best. This acts as a written timeline that helps to organize the key details of a text for the reader. Take a moment to think about 7 to 10 key events from your life to this point and list them in sequential order.