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Craft and Structure practice question

The team expected the drug to lower blood pressure. It did not. What it did do, to everyone's surprise, was reduce headaches in most of the patients — an effect the team had not been looking for, and one that became the drug's main use.

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

  1. A. An expected result is stated, its failure is noted, and an unexpected result is described.Correct
  2. B. Two drugs are compared and one is recommended.
  3. C. A hypothesis is stated and then confirmed.
  4. D. A drug's side effects are listed in order of severity.

Answer: A. An expected result is stated, its failure is noted, and an unexpected result is described.

Expected, failed, unexpected — three moves in three sentences.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Two drugs are compared and one is recommended.
Only one drug is discussed.
C. A hypothesis is stated and then confirmed.
The hypothesis (lower blood pressure) failed.
D. A drug's side effects are listed in order of severity.
One effect is described, and it became the main use, not a side effect.

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