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Craft and StructureMediumFunction of a sentence that concedes and pivots

Craft and Structure practice question

The town's annual pancake race is, by any honest account, absurd: forty adults running down the high street tossing pancakes in fancy dress. It is also the one morning of the year on which every shop opens early, every school turns out, and the town sees itself all in one place.

Which choice best describes the function of the second sentence?

  1. A. It sets the race's value to the town against the absurdity conceded in the first sentence.Correct
  2. B. It argues that the race should be stopped.
  3. C. It describes the fancy dress.
  4. D. It restates the first sentence.

Answer: A. It sets the race's value to the town against the absurdity conceded in the first sentence.

Absurd, and the town all in one place.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. It argues that the race should be stopped.
The reverse.
C. It describes the fancy dress.
Not described.
D. It restates the first sentence.
It counters.

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