Craft and StructureEasy–MediumWord for a story passed down without writing
Craft and Structure practice question
The legend of the drowned village has been ____ for generations; nobody wrote it down until 1900.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. handed downCorrect
- B. invented
- C. forgotten
- D. published
Answer: A. handed down
Told for generations before being written.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. invented
- It was passed on, not made up in the text.
- C. forgotten
- It survived.
- D. published
- Not until 1900.
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