Expression of IdeasVery hardSummarising a debate for a newcomer
Expression of Ideas practice question
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- Historians disagree about why the town's castle was abandoned in 1450.
- One view: the river changed course, leaving the castle's harbour dry.
- Another view: the family that owned it moved to court and let it decay.
- Recent digging found the harbour silted up by 1440.
The student wants to introduce the disagreement to readers unfamiliar with it and note which view the recent evidence favours.
Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
- A. Historians disagree about why the castle was abandoned in 1450, blaming either the river's change of course or the owners' move to court; recent digging, which found the harbour silted up by 1440, favours the river.Correct
- B. The castle was abandoned in 1450.
- C. Recent digging found the harbour silted up by 1440.
- D. The family that owned the castle moved to court.
Answer: A. Historians disagree about why the castle was abandoned in 1450, blaming either the river's change of course or the owners' move to court; recent digging, which found the harbour silted up by 1440, favours the river.
Both views, and the evidence's lean.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The castle was abandoned in 1450.
- No disagreement.
- C. Recent digging found the harbour silted up by 1440.
- Evidence without the debate.
- D. The family that owned the castle moved to court.
- One view only.
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