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Craft and Structure practice question

The village school should stay open. It is the only place in the valley where children under eleven can be taught without an hour on a bus each way, and it is the building in which every village meeting, wedding reception, and winter concert is held. Close the school and the valley loses both.

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

  1. A. It states a position and supports it with two reasons before restating the stakes.Correct
  2. B. It describes a typical school day.
  3. C. It compares two schools.
  4. D. It recounts the history of the school building.

Answer: A. It states a position and supports it with two reasons before restating the stakes.

Claim, two reasons, the stakes.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. It describes a typical school day.
No school day.
C. It compares two schools.
One school.
D. It recounts the history of the school building.
No history.

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