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Craft and Structure practice question

The town's flood wall is ugly, and nothing will make it otherwise. But since it was built the low streets have stayed dry through three winters that would once have put them under water, and the people who live there have stopped keeping their furniture upstairs.

Which choice best describes the function of the first sentence?

  1. A. It concedes a drawback of the wall before the text turns to its benefits.Correct
  2. B. It argues that the wall should be demolished.
  3. C. It describes the wall's construction.
  4. D. It states the text's main claim.

Answer: A. It concedes a drawback of the wall before the text turns to its benefits.

Ugly, granted; then the dry streets.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. It argues that the wall should be demolished.
Not argued.
C. It describes the wall's construction.
Construction is not described.
D. It states the text's main claim.
The main claim is the benefit.

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