Craft and StructureEasy–MediumPurpose of a correction about spiders
Craft and Structure practice question
Many people think spiders are insects. In fact, spiders have eight legs and two body parts, while insects have six legs and three. Spiders belong to a different group, the arachnids.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
- A. To correct a common mistake about what spiders are.Correct
- B. To describe how spiders catch their food.
- C. To argue that spiders are dangerous.
- D. To list every kind of arachnid.
Answer: A. To correct a common mistake about what spiders are.
A mistaken belief, then the facts.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. To describe how spiders catch their food.
- No hunting is described.
- C. To argue that spiders are dangerous.
- No danger is mentioned.
- D. To list every kind of arachnid.
- Only spiders are named.
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