Craft and StructureMediumFunction of a sentence that concedes and pivots
Craft and Structure practice question
The village's new speed bumps are hated by everyone who drives through it. They are also the reason that, for the first time in a decade, no child has been hurt on the main street in a school year.
Which choice best describes the function of the second sentence?
- A. It sets a decisive benefit against the unpopularity stated in the first sentence.Correct
- B. It argues that the bumps should be removed.
- C. It describes how the bumps were built.
- D. It restates the first sentence.
Answer: A. It sets a decisive benefit against the unpopularity stated in the first sentence.
Hated, and the reason no child was hurt.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. It argues that the bumps should be removed.
- The reverse.
- C. It describes how the bumps were built.
- Not described.
- D. It restates the first sentence.
- It counters, not restates.
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