Craft and StructureEasyPurpose of a text about a lost dog
Craft and Structure practice question
Our dog Biscuit has been missing since Sunday. He is a small brown terrier with a white patch on his chest and answers to his name. If you see him, please call the number below.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
- A. To ask for help finding a missing dog.Correct
- B. To describe terriers in general.
- C. To offer a dog for adoption.
- D. To complain about stray dogs.
Answer: A. To ask for help finding a missing dog.
Missing, description, please call.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. To describe terriers in general.
- One dog, not terriers in general.
- C. To offer a dog for adoption.
- No adoption.
- D. To complain about stray dogs.
- No complaint.
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