Craft and StructureHardStructure of a text about an invention's slow success
Craft and Structure practice question
The inventor filed his patent in 1878. He built a working model in 1879, demonstrated it in 1880, and sold his first machine in 1884. He did not make a profit until 1891, thirteen years after the patent, by which time two rivals had copied the design.
Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?
- A. It lists dated stages of the invention's progress to show how long its success took and what the delay cost.Correct
- B. It explains how the machine worked.
- C. It compares the inventor with his rivals.
- D. It argues that patents should last longer.
Answer: A. It lists dated stages of the invention's progress to show how long its success took and what the delay cost.
Dates, then the cost of the wait.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. It explains how the machine worked.
- No mechanism.
- C. It compares the inventor with his rivals.
- The rivals appear only at the end.
- D. It argues that patents should last longer.
- No argument about patents.
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