Craft and StructureHardStructure of a text about a reclassified painting
Craft and Structure practice question
The gallery hung the painting in 1902 as a landscape. In 1950 a curator noticed a figure in the shadows and rehung it among the portraits. In 2015 cleaning revealed that the figure was a later addition, painted over a tree, and the painting went back to the landscapes.
Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?
- A. It traces changes in how a painting was classified as new facts about it emerged.Correct
- B. It compares landscapes with portraits.
- C. It argues that the painting is a forgery.
- D. It describes the gallery's rooms.
Answer: A. It traces changes in how a painting was classified as new facts about it emerged.
Landscape, portrait, landscape again.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. It compares landscapes with portraits.
- The categories are stages, not the comparison.
- C. It argues that the painting is a forgery.
- An addition is not a forgery.
- D. It describes the gallery's rooms.
- No rooms.
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