Craft and StructureVery hardOverall structure: a familiar explanation displaced by a better one
Craft and Structure practice question
The village is said to have been abandoned in the plague year, and the story has the merit of drama. The manor accounts tell a duller tale: rents were paid in full for a decade after the plague and then dwindled, tenancy by tenancy, as the landlord turned arable to sheep. The village was not emptied by death but by wool.
Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?
- A. It presents a popular explanation, sets documentary evidence against it, and replaces it with a less dramatic one.Correct
- B. It argues that the plague never reached the village.
- C. It describes how sheep were farmed.
- D. It lists the village's tenants.
Answer: A. It presents a popular explanation, sets documentary evidence against it, and replaces it with a less dramatic one.
Plague story, accounts, wool.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. It argues that the plague never reached the village.
- The plague is not denied, only its role.
- C. It describes how sheep were farmed.
- Sheep farming is not described.
- D. It lists the village's tenants.
- No list.
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