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.
Connection to music in Morrison's novel Β·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.
Appreciation for Morrison's novel Β·Redefines possibilities of narrative point of view
Passage Style
Single position
Spotlight
19.
The author's primary purpose in βββ βββββββ ββ ββ
Question Type
Implied
Purpose of passage
In a Spotlight passage, the authorβs purpose is typically to tell us about the thing the author finds interesting, significant, or distinctive about the subject. Here, the authorβs purpose is to tell us about the way in which Morrisonβs novel Jazz uses the musical form of jazz as a structuring principle.
The primary purpose doesnβt concern Morrisonβs contributions to the art of the novel. The author writes about a specific novel and a certain interesting feature of that novel. Morrisonβs broader contributions to the art of the novel are beyond the scope of this passage.
The purpose isnβt to contrast Morrisonβs work with the work of jazz musicians. The authorβs purpose is to show how Morrisonβs work uses jazz as a structuring principle. Thereβs a difference between highlighting a feature of Morrisonβs work and contasting Morrisonβs work with other artists.
This best captures the primary purpose. The author wants to describe a particular aspect of one work (the way in which Jazz is structured analogously to the musical form of jazz) by a particular writer (Morrison).
The authorβs purpose isnβt to show that novels and jazz are similar. The purpose concerns a specific novel and how that particular novel is structured.
The author doesnβt focus on βthematicβ concerns of Morrisonβs work; she focuses on the structure of that work. Thereβs a difference between the themes of a work and its structure.
Difficulty
66% of people who answer get this correct
This is a difficult question.
It is similar in difficulty to other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%147
157
75%167
Analysis
Implied
Purpose of passage
Art
Single position
Spotlight
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
17%
160
b
3%
160
c
66%
166
d
11%
158
e
2%
161
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