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Craft and StructureHardFunction of a closing sentence in an informational passage

Craft and Structure practice question

The lighthouse was automated in 1990 and its three keepers left. Their cottages were sold, their garden went to bracken, and the path they had kept to the landing stage washed away within five years. The light still shines every night; it just has no one to see it from the land.

Which choice best describes the function of the final sentence?

  1. A. It notes that the light's purpose continues while everything human around it has gone, giving the passage a wistful close.Correct
  2. B. It indicates that the light no longer works.
  3. C. It argues that the keepers should return.
  4. D. It describes the landing stage.

Answer: A. It notes that the light's purpose continues while everything human around it has gone, giving the passage a wistful close.

Still shining; no one left to see it.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. It indicates that the light no longer works.
'Still shines every night.'
C. It argues that the keepers should return.
Not argued.
D. It describes the landing stage.
Not described.

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