Craft and StructureEasy–MediumPurpose of a text about a photographer
Craft and Structure practice question
Most studio photographers of her era posed clients quickly against painted backdrops. Consuelo Kanaga worked differently: she talked with her sitters for hours, sometimes over several visits, waiting for the guarded public face to drop before she opened the shutter even once.
Which choice best describes the main purpose of the text?
- A. To explain what made a photographer's working method unusualCorrect
- B. To trace the history of portrait photography
- C. To evaluate whether photography qualifies as art
- D. To describe the equipment used in early studios
Answer: A. To explain what made a photographer's working method unusual
The text centers on what set her method apart — hours of conversation before a single exposure — so its purpose is to explain her unusual approach.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. To trace the history of portrait photography
- The text covers one photographer, not the field's history.
- C. To evaluate whether photography qualifies as art
- The art-status debate never comes up.
- D. To describe the equipment used in early studios
- Equipment is barely mentioned and never described.
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