Craft and StructureHardFunction of a detail in a literary passage
Craft and Structure practice question
The following text is from a novel.
When the removal men had gone, Sefa found that the only thing left in the house was the pencil line on the kitchen doorframe where her father had measured her height every birthday. She stood against it one last time. She had grown past the top mark by a hand's width.
Which choice best describes the function of the final sentence?
- A. It suggests that Sefa has outgrown the childhood the marks recorded, in a way her father did not live to measure.Correct
- B. It shows that the removal men forgot the doorframe.
- C. It indicates that Sefa is unusually tall.
- D. It implies that the new owners will keep the marks.
Answer: A. It suggests that Sefa has outgrown the childhood the marks recorded, in a way her father did not live to measure.
Past the top mark, unmeasured: the marks stopped before she did.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. It shows that the removal men forgot the doorframe.
- The doorframe is part of the house, not something to remove.
- C. It indicates that Sefa is unusually tall.
- Her height is compared only with her own past.
- D. It implies that the new owners will keep the marks.
- The new owners are not mentioned.
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