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Craft and Structure practice question

The town's first bridge was wood, and it washed away in 1820. The second was stone and stood until a lorry hit it in 1961. The third is steel, built with a bend in the road so that no lorry can reach it at speed.

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

  1. A. It recounts three bridges in order, each built in response to how the last was lost.Correct
  2. B. It compares the costs of wood, stone and steel.
  3. C. It argues that the town needs a fourth bridge.
  4. D. It describes the river's floods.

Answer: A. It recounts three bridges in order, each built in response to how the last was lost.

Wood, stone, steel, each answering the last.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. It compares the costs of wood, stone and steel.
No costs.
C. It argues that the town needs a fourth bridge.
No argument for another bridge.
D. It describes the river's floods.
The flood is one event, not the subject.

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