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Craft and StructureMediumPurpose of a passage correcting a date

Craft and Structure practice question

The plaque on the bridge gives its date as 1790. The county records, however, show payments to the mason in 1788 and a formal opening in 1789. The plaque, it seems, was added later and got the date wrong.

Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

  1. A. To use records to correct the date shown on the bridge's plaque.Correct
  2. B. To describe the bridge's design.
  3. C. To praise the mason's work.
  4. D. To argue that the plaque should be removed.

Answer: A. To use records to correct the date shown on the bridge's plaque.

Plaque says one date; records say another.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. To describe the bridge's design.
No design.
C. To praise the mason's work.
No praise.
D. To argue that the plaque should be removed.
No such argument.

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