Craft and StructureHardStructure of a text about a coast in maps
Craft and Structure practice question
The first map of the coast, made in 1600, showed a bay. The second, in 1700, showed a spit of sand halfway across it. By 1800 the spit had closed the bay into a lagoon; by 1900 the lagoon was a marsh; today it is a meadow, and the fishing village that stood on the old bay is four miles from the sea.
Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?
- A. It follows the coast's transformation through a sequence of dated maps.Correct
- B. It compares maps with photographs.
- C. It argues that the bay should be dredged.
- D. It describes how maps are drawn.
Answer: A. It follows the coast's transformation through a sequence of dated maps.
Bay, spit, lagoon, marsh, meadow.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. It compares maps with photographs.
- No photographs.
- C. It argues that the bay should be dredged.
- No argument.
- D. It describes how maps are drawn.
- No mapmaking.
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