The writers john milton and john bunyan had much in common. milton was imprisoned for his support of the commonwealth. he had difficulties supporting his large family, yet wrote a brilliant epic. in the same way, bunyan was imprisoned, impoverished, yet strengthened to write a great allegory.. what type of expository structure was used to write this paragraph? a. simple listing b. chronological order c. cause/effect d. spatial order e. comparison/contrast f. order of importance