Craft and StructureMediumFunction of a rhetorical question
Craft and Structure practice question
The committee has studied the bridge for nine years and produced four reports. Each recommends further study. How many more reports will it take before someone picks up a spanner? The town's patience, like the bridge's paint, is wearing thin.
Which choice best describes the function of the question in the text?
- A. It expresses frustration that study has not yet led to action.Correct
- B. It asks for an estimate of the number of reports needed.
- C. It praises the thoroughness of the committee.
- D. It introduces a new topic.
Answer: A. It expresses frustration that study has not yet led to action.
A rhetorical question that mocks endless study.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. It asks for an estimate of the number of reports needed.
- No answer is expected.
- C. It praises the thoroughness of the committee.
- The tone is critical.
- D. It introduces a new topic.
- It continues the same complaint.
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