Craft and StructureEasy–MediumPurpose of a paragraph in a longer piece
Craft and Structure practice question
Before turning to the causes of the strike, it is worth pausing over what the workers were actually paid. In 1911 a spinner in the mill earned eleven shillings a week, while the rent on the smallest company house was four shillings and bread for a family cost three.
Which choice best describes the main purpose of the text?
- A. To establish the workers' financial situation as background to a discussion of the strike.Correct
- B. To argue that the strike was unjustified.
- C. To describe the layout of the company houses.
- D. To compare the mill with other mills.
Answer: A. To establish the workers' financial situation as background to a discussion of the strike.
It pauses to lay out wages and costs before the causes.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. To argue that the strike was unjustified.
- No judgement on the strike.
- C. To describe the layout of the company houses.
- Only the rent is mentioned.
- D. To compare the mill with other mills.
- No other mill appears.
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