Craft and StructureEasy–MediumPurpose of an informational text
Craft and Structure practice question
The 'coffin path' across the moor is so called because until 1840 the far villages had no burial ground, and the dead were carried this way to the parish church. The flat stones beside it, at intervals, are where the bearers set the coffin down to rest.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
- A. To explain the name of the path and the purpose of the stones along it.Correct
- B. To argue that the far villages should have a church.
- C. To describe a funeral.
- D. To recount the history of the parish church.
Answer: A. To explain the name of the path and the purpose of the stones along it.
The name, and the resting stones.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. To argue that the far villages should have a church.
- Not argued.
- C. To describe a funeral.
- No funeral is narrated.
- D. To recount the history of the parish church.
- The church is only the destination.
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