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Craft and StructureMediumFunction of a sentence that anticipates an objection

Craft and Structure practice question

The footbridge should be rebuilt in timber. Steel would last longer, it is true, but the bridge is in a conservation area where every other structure is wood, and a steel span would be the only thing on the river a visitor noticed.

Which choice best describes the function of the second sentence?

  1. A. It acknowledges the case for steel before explaining why timber is preferable here.Correct
  2. B. It argues that the bridge should be steel.
  3. C. It describes the river.
  4. D. It restates the first sentence.

Answer: A. It acknowledges the case for steel before explaining why timber is preferable here.

'It is true, but'.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. It argues that the bridge should be steel.
It concludes for timber.
C. It describes the river.
The river is not described.
D. It restates the first sentence.
It adds an argument.

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