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Title: TextStructureAndPurpose

Grade: 1300-a Lesson: S2-L4

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Step	Type	Explanation	Answer
1	Problem	The following text is adapted from Oscar Wilde’s 1897 nonfiction work De Profundis. People whose desire is solely for self-realisation never know where they are going. They can’t know. In one sense of the word it is of course necessary to know oneself: that is the first achievement of knowledge. But to recognise that the soul of a man is unknowable, is the ultimate achievement of wisdom. The final mystery is oneself. When one has weighed the sun in the balance, and measured the steps of the moon, and mapped out the seven heavens star by star,there still remains oneself. Who can calculate the orbit of his own soul? Which choice best describes the function of the underlined question in the text as a whole?
2	Hint	The details and facts help to draw the main idea of the passage.
3	Sumup	Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?
4	Choice.A	Choice A is the correct answer. The text repeatedly claims that true self-knowledge can’t possibly be achieved, and this rhetorical question emphasizes that point.	It reinforces the text’s skepticism about the possibility of truly achieving self-knowledge.
5	Choice.B	Choice B is incorrect. The underlined question doesn’t do this. The text never expresses doubts about the value of selfknowledge—rather, the text expresses doubts about the possibility of achieving self-knowledge.	It speculates that some readers will share the doubts expressed in the text about the value of self-knowledge. It explains why a character has traveled to a city.
6	Choice.C	Choice C is incorrect. The underlined question doesn’t do this. The text doesn’t provide directions for how to achieve self-knowledge—rather, it claims that true self-knowledge is impossible to achieve.	It cautions readers that the text’s directions for how to achieve self-knowledge are hard to follow.
7	Choice.D	Choice D is incorrect. The underlined question doesn’t do this. The textdoesn’t ever define self-knowledge, and popularity isn’t mentioned in the text at all.	It concedes that the definition of self-knowledge advanced in the text is unpopular.
8	Step:	Correct sentence	The text repeatedly claims that true self-knowledge can’t possibly be achieved, and this rhetorical question emphasizes that point.
9	Answer	Choice	A
10	Sumup	Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

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Explanation

Answer

Problem

The following text is adapted from Oscar Wilde’s 1897 nonfiction work De Profundis. People whose desire is solely for self-realisation never know where they are going. They can’t know. In one sense of the word it is of course necessary to know oneself: that is the first achievement of knowledge. But to recognise that the soul of a man is unknowable, is the ultimate achievement of wisdom. The final mystery is oneself. When one has weighed the sun in the balance, and measured the steps of the moon, and mapped out the seven heavens star by star,there still remains oneself. Who can calculate the orbit of his own soul?

Which choice best describes the function of the underlined question in the text as a whole?

Hint

The details and facts help to draw the main idea of the passage.

Sumup

Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

Choice.A

Choice A is the correct answer. The text repeatedly claims that true self-knowledge can’t possibly be achieved, and this rhetorical question emphasizes that point.

It reinforces the text’s skepticism about the possibility of truly achieving self-knowledge.

Choice.B

Choice B is incorrect. The underlined question doesn’t do this. The text never expresses doubts about the value of selfknowledge—rather, the text expresses doubts about the possibility of achieving self-knowledge.

It speculates that some readers will share the doubts expressed in the text about the value of self-knowledge. It explains why a character has traveled to a city.

Choice.C

Choice C is incorrect. The underlined question doesn’t do this. The text doesn’t provide directions for how to achieve self-knowledge—rather, it claims that true self-knowledge is impossible to achieve.

It cautions readers that the text’s directions for how to achieve self-knowledge are hard to follow.

Choice.D

Choice D is incorrect. The underlined question doesn’t do this. The textdoesn’t ever define self-knowledge, and popularity isn’t mentioned in the text at all.

It concedes that the definition of self-knowledge advanced in the text is unpopular.

Step:

Correct sentence

The text repeatedly claims that true self-knowledge can’t possibly be achieved, and this rhetorical question emphasizes that point.

Answer

Choice

Sumup

Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?