Craft and StructureHardFunction of a contrast in a literary passage
Craft and Structure practice question
The following text is from a short story.
In the photograph her grandfather stood beside the new tractor with his hand on its wheel, the way another man might rest a hand on a son's shoulder. The tractor was long gone. The gesture, Liesl thought, was not.
Which choice best describes the function of the comparison to a son's shoulder?
- A. It conveys the grandfather's pride in and affection for the tractor, which the last sentence suggests has outlived the machine itself.Correct
- B. It shows that the grandfather had a son.
- C. It indicates that the tractor was unreliable.
- D. It suggests that Liesl dislikes farming.
Answer: A. It conveys the grandfather's pride in and affection for the tractor, which the last sentence suggests has outlived the machine itself.
A hand on a shoulder: pride and affection; 'the gesture … was not' gone.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. It shows that the grandfather had a son.
- The son is a comparison, not a fact.
- C. It indicates that the tractor was unreliable.
- Nothing suggests unreliability.
- D. It suggests that Liesl dislikes farming.
- Liesl's view of farming is not given.
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