Craft and StructureHardTwo texts on a poet's early death
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The poet's early death cut short a career that would have rivalled those of her contemporaries.
Text 2
By the time of her death she had already published more than most of her contemporaries did in full careers. What was cut short was not a promise but an achievement.
Based on the texts, the author of Text 2 would most likely say that Text 1 ____
- A. treats as unfulfilled potential a body of work that had already surpassed her contemporaries'.Correct
- B. overstates how much the poet published.
- C. is right that her career never rivalled her contemporaries'.
- D. ignores the cause of her death.
Answer: A. treats as unfulfilled potential a body of work that had already surpassed her contemporaries'.
Achievement, not promise.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. overstates how much the poet published.
- Text 2 stresses how much she published.
- C. is right that her career never rivalled her contemporaries'.
- Text 2 says she had already surpassed them.
- D. ignores the cause of her death.
- The cause is not at issue.
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