Craft and StructureHardFunction of a sentence about critics
Craft and Structure practice question
Cellist Ana Ruiz is known for a sound that listeners describe as 'speaking'. She achieves it partly through an unusual bow grip, learned from her first teacher, that lets her vary pressure more finely than the standard hold allows. Critics who once dismissed the grip as a mannerism have grown quieter as her recordings have won prizes.
Which choice best describes the function of the last sentence in the text as a whole?
- A. It suggests that the technique's results have answered its critics.Correct
- B. It describes how the grip is taught.
- C. It explains what makes her sound 'speaking'.
- D. It argues that the standard hold is superior.
Answer: A. It suggests that the technique's results have answered its critics.
Prizes quieted the critics.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. It describes how the grip is taught.
- Teaching is in the second sentence, not the last.
- C. It explains what makes her sound 'speaking'.
- The explanation is in the second sentence.
- D. It argues that the standard hold is superior.
- The text favours her grip.
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