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?
- 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
- B. The last lamplighter in the town retired in 1952.
- C. A lamplighter carried a long pole.
- 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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