Craft and StructureEasy–MediumPurpose of a passage about a rule
Craft and Structure practice question
Visitors to the seal colony are asked to stay above the high-tide line. The seals haul out below it, and a seal that is startled into the water in the pupping season may not return to its pup.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
- A. To explain why visitors are asked to keep their distance from the seals.Correct
- B. To describe the seals' diet.
- C. To argue that the colony should be closed.
- D. To recount a visit to the colony.
Answer: A. To explain why visitors are asked to keep their distance from the seals.
The request, and the reason.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. To describe the seals' diet.
- Diet is not mentioned.
- C. To argue that the colony should be closed.
- No such argument.
- D. To recount a visit to the colony.
- No visit is narrated.
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