It mentions a puzzling situation, and then describes three approaches people have taken to help understand that situation.
It presents an argument for why something took place, and then offers a refutation of that argument.
It introduces a past phenomenon and then presents three explanations for why the phenomenon took place.
It describes a problem, offers a solution to the problem, and then ofiers reasons why the solution could not work.
It offers three explanations for a phenomenon and then summarizes what all three have in common.