Craft and StructureVery hardFunction of a sentence that generalises
Craft and Structure practice question
The bakery closed, then the butcher, then the bank. Each closure was explained by its own circumstances, and each explanation was true. Taken together, they described something none of them named: a village losing the people who used to walk to its shops.
Which choice best describes the function of the last sentence?
- A. It draws a general conclusion from the particular closures listed before it.Correct
- B. It gives the reason the bakery closed.
- C. It denies that the explanations were true.
- D. It lists further shops that closed.
Answer: A. It draws a general conclusion from the particular closures listed before it.
"Taken together": the pattern behind the cases.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. It gives the reason the bakery closed.
- No single reason is given.
- C. It denies that the explanations were true.
- The text accepts them as true.
- D. It lists further shops that closed.
- No further shops.
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