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Craft and StructureHardFunction of a generalising final sentence

Craft and Structure practice question

The word 'planet' once meant any wandering light in the sky, including the Sun and the Moon. As astronomers learned that Earth and the other planets orbit the Sun, the word narrowed to bodies like Earth. In 2006 it narrowed again, to exclude Pluto. Each redefinition reflected not a change in the sky but a change in what astronomers knew.

Which choice best describes the function of the last sentence in the text as a whole?

  1. A. It draws a general conclusion from the examples the text has given.Correct
  2. B. It introduces a further example.
  3. C. It argues that Pluto should still be called a planet.
  4. D. It describes the original meaning of the word.

Answer: A. It draws a general conclusion from the examples the text has given.

Three redefinitions, one lesson.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. It introduces a further example.
No new example.
C. It argues that Pluto should still be called a planet.
No position on Pluto.
D. It describes the original meaning of the word.
The original meaning is in the first sentence.

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