Craft and StructureVery hardPurpose of an analogy
Craft and Structure practice question
A city's water system is like its circulation: most of it is invisible, nobody thinks about it while it works, and a single blocked artery can bring the whole body to a halt.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
- A. To make the importance of an unnoticed system vivid by comparing it with the body.Correct
- B. To explain how blood circulates.
- C. To describe a water shortage.
- D. To argue for building more pipes.
Answer: A. To make the importance of an unnoticed system vivid by comparing it with the body.
The body stands in for the pipes.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. To explain how blood circulates.
- The body is the comparison, not the subject.
- C. To describe a water shortage.
- No shortage.
- D. To argue for building more pipes.
- No proposal.
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