Craft and StructureEasy–MediumFunction of a sentence that gives an example
Craft and Structure practice question
The village's names for its fields are older than its maps. Long Furlong, for instance, is a strip that has not been long, or a furlong, since the enclosures of 1810 turned it into half a square field.
Which choice best describes the function of the second sentence?
- A. It gives an example that illustrates the first sentence's claim.Correct
- B. It argues that the field should be renamed.
- C. It describes the enclosures of 1810.
- D. It contradicts the first sentence.
Answer: A. It gives an example that illustrates the first sentence's claim.
'For instance': a name that outlived its shape.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. It argues that the field should be renamed.
- Not argued.
- C. It describes the enclosures of 1810.
- The enclosures are mentioned only as the cause.
- D. It contradicts the first sentence.
- It supports.
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