Craft and StructureVery hardOverall structure: assumption, test, refined view
Craft and Structure practice question
It was assumed that the village's oldest houses were the stone ones, since stone lasts. Tree-ring dating of their roof beams told a different story: the stone houses were built in the 1700s, while three timber-framed cottages, dismissed as later additions, had beams felled in the 1520s. Stone lasts; but so, it turns out, does oak, if the roof is kept on.
Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?
- A. It states an assumption, presents dating evidence that reverses it, and closes with a qualified version of the original idea.Correct
- B. It argues that stone houses should be demolished.
- C. It describes how tree-ring dating works.
- D. It lists the village's houses by age.
Answer: A. It states an assumption, presents dating evidence that reverses it, and closes with a qualified version of the original idea.
Assumption, tree-ring reversal, and a wry qualification.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. It argues that stone houses should be demolished.
- No such argument.
- C. It describes how tree-ring dating works.
- The method is named, not explained.
- D. It lists the village's houses by age.
- Only two groups are mentioned.
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