Craft and StructureEasy–MediumShared inference from two observations
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The farmhouse kitchen has a wide, shallow arch in one wall, now filled with a modern stove.
Text 2
Before the 1850s, farmhouse kitchens cooked on an open hearth set in a broad arch, which was often bricked up when a cast-iron range was installed.
Based on the texts, the authors would most likely agree that ____
- A. the arch is probably the farmhouse's original open hearth.Correct
- B. the arch was built for the modern stove.
- C. the farmhouse was built after 1850.
- D. the kitchen never had a fire.
Answer: A. the arch is probably the farmhouse's original open hearth.
A broad arch; the old hearth.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the arch was built for the modern stove.
- The arch predates modern stoves.
- C. the farmhouse was built after 1850.
- The arch suggests the reverse.
- D. the kitchen never had a fire.
- The arch was the fire.
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