Craft and StructureEasy–MediumPurpose of a text about a park pond
Craft and Structure practice question
The pond in the park was dug in 1900 as a boating lake. Boating stopped in 1960, and for thirty years the pond was ignored. Since 1990 it has been left wild on purpose, and it now holds more kinds of dragonfly than any other site in the county.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
- A. To trace how the pond's use changed and what it has become.Correct
- B. To argue that boating should return.
- C. To describe the kinds of dragonfly in the county.
- D. To explain how ponds are dug.
Answer: A. To trace how the pond's use changed and what it has become.
Boating lake, neglect, wildness, dragonflies.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. To argue that boating should return.
- No argument for boating.
- C. To describe the kinds of dragonfly in the county.
- Dragonflies are the ending, not the subject.
- D. To explain how ponds are dug.
- No digging.
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