Craft and StructureEasy–MediumPurpose of a text about a gate without a latch
Craft and Structure practice question
The gate at the end of the lane has no latch. My grandmother took it off in 1960 so that the postman would not have to get off his bicycle, and nobody since has thought to put one back.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
- A. To explain, with affection, why a small oddity has been kept.Correct
- B. To complain about the postal service.
- C. To describe how gates are made.
- D. To argue that the gate needs a latch.
Answer: A. To explain, with affection, why a small oddity has been kept.
A kindness that became a habit.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. To complain about the postal service.
- No complaint.
- C. To describe how gates are made.
- No construction.
- D. To argue that the gate needs a latch.
- The text accepts the gate as it is.
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