Craft and StructureEasy–MediumPurpose of an informational passage
Craft and Structure practice question
The lifeboat's maroons, the two loud bangs that once summoned the crew from the town, were retired in 1998 in favour of pagers. The town still hears them once a year, at the lifeboat's open day, fired for old times' sake.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
- A. To explain what the maroons were for and how they are used now.Correct
- B. To argue that pagers are unreliable.
- C. To describe a rescue.
- D. To recount the history of the lifeboat.
Answer: A. To explain what the maroons were for and how they are used now.
Once a summons; now a ceremony.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. To argue that pagers are unreliable.
- No such argument.
- C. To describe a rescue.
- No rescue.
- D. To recount the history of the lifeboat.
- Only the maroons' history.
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