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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?

  1. A. To ask for help finding a missing dog.Correct
  2. B. To describe terriers in general.
  3. C. To offer a dog for adoption.
  4. 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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