PrepTest 136 - Section 1 - Passage 3 - Question 15

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Context · Literature has often aspired to contain features of music

Spotlight · Toni Morrison's novel Jazz

First African American writer to use a musical genre as a structuring principle for an entire novel. Other writers had used musicians and music as themes and metaphors in writing.

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Connection to music in Morrison's novel · Content and form is like the music genre jazz

Narration shifts between third-person omniscience of narrator and first-person from key characters. These shifts show that narrative is cohesive, but acknowledges separate speakers by using quotation marks. Similar to the music jazz in way jazz band combines overall ensemble sound with solo performances.

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Similarities between music jazz and novel Jazz · Music jazz allows unique voices within cohesive composition

Morrison's novel achieves the same effect that Duke Ellington created in his jazz compositions.

Appreciation for Morrison's novel · Redefines possibilities of narrative point of view

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Spotlight

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Main point

In a Spotlight passage, the main point should capture what the author finds significant, interesting, or distinctive about the subject. Here, the author focuses on the way in which Morrison’s novel Jazz uses the musical form of jazz as a structuring principle.

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This doesn’t capture the author’s focus on the use of jazz as a structuring principle of Morrison’s novel.

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This doesn’t capture the author’s focus on the use of jazz as a structuring principle of Morrison’s novel.

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This doesn’t capture the author’s focus on the use of jazz as a structuring principle of Morrison’s novel. There’s a difference between using jazz as a metaphor and structuring a novel in ways similar to the structure of jazz.

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The main point is specifically about Morrison’s novel Jazz; it’s not about Morrison’s general style.

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This best capture the author’s point, which is that Morrison uses the musical form of jazz as a structuring principle in her novel Jazz. This also captures the author’s use of Duke Ellington’s music as an analogue to the structure of Morrison’s novel.

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PrepTest 136 - Section 1 - Passage 3 - Question 15

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