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Craft and StructureHardFunction of a detail in a literary passage

Craft and Structure practice question

The following text is from a novel. Rhys kept his father's watch wound and set to the minute, though he never wore it and rarely looked at it, so that the one thing in the house that had belonged to the old man went on keeping the old man's time.

Which choice best describes the function of the detail that Rhys never wears the watch?

  1. A. It shows that his care for the watch is an act of remembrance, not of use.Correct
  2. B. It indicates that the watch is broken.
  3. C. It suggests that Rhys dislikes his father.
  4. D. It implies that Rhys is often late.

Answer: A. It shows that his care for the watch is an act of remembrance, not of use.

Wound and set, never worn: kept for the father.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. It indicates that the watch is broken.
It is wound and set.
C. It suggests that Rhys dislikes his father.
The reverse.
D. It implies that Rhys is often late.
Not suggested.

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