Craft and StructureHardFunction of an image in a literary passage
Craft and Structure practice question
The following text is from a novel.
The letter lay on the mat for three days. She stepped over it each morning the way one steps over a sleeping dog: carefully, and without looking down.
Which choice best describes the function of the comparison to a sleeping dog?
- A. It conveys that she avoids the letter as something that might be dangerous if disturbed.Correct
- B. It indicates that she owns a dog.
- C. It suggests that the letter is harmless.
- D. It implies that she has forgotten the letter.
Answer: A. It conveys that she avoids the letter as something that might be dangerous if disturbed.
Carefully, without looking: something best not woken.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. It indicates that she owns a dog.
- A comparison, not a pet.
- C. It suggests that the letter is harmless.
- One steps carefully over what might bite.
- D. It implies that she has forgotten the letter.
- She steps over it every morning; she knows it is there.
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