Craft and StructureEasy–MediumPurpose: pointing out an oddity in a map
Craft and Structure practice question
The 1740 map of the harbour is accurate in nearly every detail, which makes its one error the more puzzling: it shows a small island at the harbour mouth where no island has ever existed.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
- A. To draw attention to a puzzling feature of an otherwise accurate map.Correct
- B. To argue that the map is worthless.
- C. To explain how harbours were mapped in 1740.
- D. To describe the island at the harbour mouth.
Answer: A. To draw attention to a puzzling feature of an otherwise accurate map.
One puzzling error in an accurate map.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. To argue that the map is worthless.
- The map is called accurate.
- C. To explain how harbours were mapped in 1740.
- No method.
- D. To describe the island at the harbour mouth.
- The island does not exist.
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