Craft and StructureEasyPurpose of a short arts text
Craft and Structure practice question
Rosa Elena learned to weave at her grandmother's loom at age seven, starting with the simplest bands of color. Forty years on, she dyes her own wool with local plants and trains apprentices in the same patient sequence she was taught, beginning every new weaver on those same simple bands.
Which choice best describes the main purpose of the text?
- A. To describe how a weaver learned and now passes on her craftCorrect
- B. To explain how wool is dyed in different regions
- C. To argue that weaving is harder than other crafts
- D. To list the prices of handwoven rugs
Answer: A. To describe how a weaver learned and now passes on her craft
The text follows one weaver from learning at her grandmother's loom to teaching apprentices — a description of how the craft is passed on.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. To explain how wool is dyed in different regions
- Dyeing methods are mentioned only in passing, not explained.
- C. To argue that weaving is harder than other crafts
- No comparison to other crafts appears.
- D. To list the prices of handwoven rugs
- Prices are never mentioned.
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