Craft and StructureEasy–MediumPurpose of a passage explaining a rule
Craft and Structure practice question
Bells in the tower are never rung during a thunderstorm. The rule dates from 1822, when a ringer was killed by lightning that ran down the wet rope, and it is still enforced, the ringers say, less out of fear than out of respect for him.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
- A. To explain the origin of a rule and the spirit in which it is kept.Correct
- B. To describe how bells are rung.
- C. To argue that the tower is unsafe.
- D. To list the tower's ringers.
Answer: A. To explain the origin of a rule and the spirit in which it is kept.
The rule, its 1822 origin, and why it persists.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. To describe how bells are rung.
- Ringing is not described.
- C. To argue that the tower is unsafe.
- No such argument.
- D. To list the tower's ringers.
- No list.
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