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Craft and Structure practice question

Many people assume that the tallest trees grow in the tropics, where warmth and rain are abundant. In fact, the world's tallest trees, the coast redwoods, grow in a narrow strip of cool, foggy coastline in California. Fog matters more than heat: the trees draw moisture directly through their needles during the dry summer.

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

  1. A. It states a common assumption and then corrects it with a specific example and an explanation.Correct
  2. B. It describes a process step by step.
  3. C. It compares the growth of two species of tree.
  4. D. It lists several reasons that tropical trees grow tall.

Answer: A. It states a common assumption and then corrects it with a specific example and an explanation.

Assumption, correction, explanation.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. It describes a process step by step.
No process.
C. It compares the growth of two species of tree.
Only redwoods are named.
D. It lists several reasons that tropical trees grow tall.
The text says tropical trees are not the tallest.

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