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Craft and StructureHardTwo views on a lighthouse log and a storm

Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 The lighthouse keeper's log proves that the storm of 1889 was the worst of the century: he recorded waves breaking over the lantern, forty metres up. Text 2 The keeper's logs record waves over the lantern in five different years. He seems to have used the phrase for any storm that wet the glass.

How would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to Text 1?

  1. A. By suggesting that the log's phrasing is too loose to single out 1889.Correct
  2. B. By agreeing that 1889 was the worst storm.
  3. C. By denying that the keeper kept a log.
  4. D. By arguing that the lantern was lower than forty metres.

Answer: A. By suggesting that the log's phrasing is too loose to single out 1889.

The same phrase, five years.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. By agreeing that 1889 was the worst storm.
Text 2 undercuts the proof.
C. By denying that the keeper kept a log.
Text 2 cites the logs.
D. By arguing that the lantern was lower than forty metres.
Height is not disputed.

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