Craft and StructureVery hardOverall structure: claim, complication, reframing
Craft and Structure practice question
The received view is that the canal failed because the railway arrived. The dates do not fit: the canal's tolls fell by half in the decade before the first train, when a new turnpike road took the lighter goods. The railway did not kill the canal; it buried a canal the road had already wounded.
Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?
- A. It states a common explanation, shows that the timing contradicts it, and offers a revised account.Correct
- B. It describes how canals were built.
- C. It argues that railways should not have been built.
- D. It lists the goods carried on the canal.
Answer: A. It states a common explanation, shows that the timing contradicts it, and offers a revised account.
Received view, mismatched dates, and a new account with the road as the real cause.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. It describes how canals were built.
- Construction is not described.
- C. It argues that railways should not have been built.
- No such argument.
- D. It lists the goods carried on the canal.
- 'Lighter goods' is a passing mention, not a list.
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