- Mon Oct 15, 2018 7:18 pm
#59583
Hi Lourdiana,
It can helpful to think of RC passages as essentially elongated LR stimuli, with premises serving to support an ultimate conclusion. Main Point questions are always good to Prephrase, as you don't want to be confused by important arguments made that support the main point, rather than the main point itself. And those main points/conclusions are usually found in the first, last or both paragraphs; here, the ultimate main point is a combination of the last sentences of the first and last paragraphs, something I would prephrase along the lines of: "Ironically, Wynton Marsalis's traditionalism has helped make repackaging classic jazz albums more profitable for record companies than investing in contemporary artists like himself."
The distinction between (B) and (D) as main point is that (B) identifies a premise for the ultimate argument about the effect Marsalis's career has had on the jazz industry, and thus cannot be the main point. Instead, (D) restates the causal argument being made in the passage that Marsalis is a cause for the greater emphasis record companies are placing on selling older albums, rather than promoting contemporary artists, which is located in the most common spot for a conclusion, the end of the first and last paragraphs.
Hope this clears things up!
