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Expression of IdeasEasy–MediumExplaining what a job involves

Expression of Ideas practice question

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: - A lamplighter lit the town's gas street lamps each evening. - He carried a long pole with a flame at the end. - He put the lamps out again at dawn. - The last lamplighter in the town retired in 1952. The student wants to explain what a lamplighter did.

Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

  1. A. A lamplighter lit the town's gas street lamps each evening with a long flame-tipped pole and put them out again at dawn.Correct
  2. B. The last lamplighter in the town retired in 1952.
  3. C. A lamplighter carried a long pole.
  4. D. The town had gas street lamps.

Answer: A. A lamplighter lit the town's gas street lamps each evening with a long flame-tipped pole and put them out again at dawn.

The job, evening and dawn.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. The last lamplighter in the town retired in 1952.
When the job ended.
C. A lamplighter carried a long pole.
The tool, not the job.
D. The town had gas street lamps.
The lamps, not the job.

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