Craft and StructureEasy–MediumShared inference from two observations
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The cottage's chimney is far too big for its fireplace, with a flue wide enough for a man to climb.
Text 2
Before 1800, bacon was cured by hanging it in the chimney of a farmhouse kitchen, which needed a wide flue to hold the meat above the smoke.
Based on the texts, the authors would most likely agree that ____
- A. the cottage's chimney was probably built for curing bacon.Correct
- B. the chimney was built after 1800.
- C. the cottage was never a farmhouse.
- D. the flue was made for sweeps to climb.
Answer: A. the cottage's chimney was probably built for curing bacon.
A wide flue and a pre-1800 curing practice.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the chimney was built after 1800.
- Text 2 places the practice before 1800.
- C. the cottage was never a farmhouse.
- Not suggested.
- D. the flue was made for sweeps to climb.
- Text 2 gives a different reason.
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