Craft and StructureVery hardOverall structure: a rule, its exception, and the lesson
Craft and Structure practice question
The rule in the archive is that nothing leaves the building. It was broken once, in 1940, when the curator carried the town's charter home in a shopping bag the night before the bombing that destroyed the reading room. The charter survived; the rule, everyone agrees, was right, and so was breaking it.
Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?
- A. It states a rule, describes the one time it was broken, and concludes that both the rule and the exception were justified.Correct
- B. It argues that archives should lend their documents.
- C. It describes the bombing of the town.
- D. It lists the archive's holdings.
Answer: A. It states a rule, describes the one time it was broken, and concludes that both the rule and the exception were justified.
Rule, exception, and a judgement on both.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. It argues that archives should lend their documents.
- The rule is endorsed.
- C. It describes the bombing of the town.
- The bombing is context, not the subject.
- D. It lists the archive's holdings.
- Only the charter is mentioned.
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