Craft and StructureEasy–MediumFunction of a sentence resolving an expectation
Craft and Structure practice question
For years the bakery's bread was baked in a wood-fired oven. When the oven cracked, the owner replaced it with a gas one and braced for complaints. None came: in blind tastings, the regulars could not tell the difference.
Which choice best describes the function of the final sentence?
- A. It explains why the complaints the owner expected never came.Correct
- B. It describes how the old oven cracked.
- C. It introduces a new problem for the bakery.
- D. It argues that wood-fired ovens make better bread.
Answer: A. It explains why the complaints the owner expected never came.
'None came' answers the expectation of complaints, and the tastings explain why.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. It describes how the old oven cracked.
- The crack is mentioned in the second sentence, not explained in the third.
- C. It introduces a new problem for the bakery.
- The sentence removes a worry rather than adding one.
- D. It argues that wood-fired ovens make better bread.
- The tastings show no difference — the opposite of a case for wood ovens.
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