Craft and StructureVery hardOverall structure: two rival explanations tested against evidence
Craft and Structure practice question
Why did the village's well run dry in 1976? The obvious answer is the drought of that summer. But the well had survived worse droughts, and the parish clerk's diary offers another: the new bypass, cut through the ridge above the village that spring, had sliced through the layer of gravel that fed the well. The drought emptied the well; the bypass made sure it never refilled.
Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?
- A. It poses a question, offers an obvious answer, complicates it with evidence, and ends by combining two causes.Correct
- B. It argues that the bypass should be closed.
- C. It describes how wells are dug.
- D. It lists the droughts of the twentieth century.
Answer: A. It poses a question, offers an obvious answer, complicates it with evidence, and ends by combining two causes.
Question, drought, bypass, both.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. It argues that the bypass should be closed.
- Not argued.
- C. It describes how wells are dug.
- Not described.
- D. It lists the droughts of the twentieth century.
- Only 1976 is discussed.
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