Tourists visiting historic American cities often assume that the cobblestone streets they admire are remnants of colonial-era pavement. In most cases, however, the cobblestones were laid in the late nineteenth century, well after the colonial period had ended. The cobblestones, in other words, are themselves a kind of historical invention — built later but designed to feel old.
Which choice best describes the function of the last sentence in the text?
- A
It defines the term 'cobblestone'.
- Bcheck_circle
It distills the implication of the second sentence into a paradoxical reframing.
- C
It restates the second sentence in identical terms.
- D
It refutes the claim about late-nineteenth-century construction.
Explanation
The last sentence packages the second sentence's correction as a paradox: built later but feeling old. B captures this distillation.