Craft and StructureHardMain purpose of a critique of a word
Craft and Structure practice question
Guidebooks call the valley 'unspoilt', and the word is doing a lot of quiet work. It flatters the visitor as a discoverer; it treats the people who farm the valley as scenery; and it forgets that the fields, hedges and stone walls the visitor admires are the spoiling — centuries of it.
What is the main purpose of the text?
- A. To question what a common descriptive word implies about a landscape and the people who live in it.Correct
- B. To recommend the valley to visitors.
- C. To describe the valley's farming methods.
- D. To praise guidebooks for their accuracy.
Answer: A. To question what a common descriptive word implies about a landscape and the people who live in it.
The text takes 'unspoilt' apart, showing what it hides — the farmers, the human making of the landscape.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. To recommend the valley to visitors.
- No recommendation is made.
- C. To describe the valley's farming methods.
- Fields and walls are mentioned as the human mark on the land, not described as methods.
- D. To praise guidebooks for their accuracy.
- The text criticises the guidebooks' word.
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