Craft and StructureVery hardPurpose of reversing a perspective
Craft and Structure practice question
We speak of a river "flooding" as if the water were trespassing. From the river's point of view, the floodplain is simply the part of its bed that it uses less often. The houses are the intruders.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
- A. To challenge the usual way of describing floods by looking at them from the river's side.Correct
- B. To warn people not to build near rivers.
- C. To explain how floods are measured.
- D. To describe a particular flood.
Answer: A. To challenge the usual way of describing floods by looking at them from the river's side.
The river's point of view reverses the usual language.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. To warn people not to build near rivers.
- Implied at most; the purpose is the reframing.
- C. To explain how floods are measured.
- No measurement.
- D. To describe a particular flood.
- No particular flood.
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