Craft and StructureEasy–MediumPurpose of a text describing a craft
Craft and Structure practice question
A thatcher lays bundles of reed on a roof in overlapping rows, starting at the eaves and working up, and pins each row with hazel spars. A well-laid roof sheds rain for fifty years. The trade is old, but there are still enough thatched houses in the county to keep a dozen thatchers busy.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
- A. To describe how a traditional craft is practised and note that it survives.Correct
- B. To argue that thatched roofs are better than tiled ones.
- C. To explain how to grow reeds.
- D. To recount the history of one thatched house.
Answer: A. To describe how a traditional craft is practised and note that it survives.
Method, durability, survival.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. To argue that thatched roofs are better than tiled ones.
- No comparison with tiles.
- C. To explain how to grow reeds.
- Reeds are laid, not grown, in the text.
- D. To recount the history of one thatched house.
- No single house.
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