rounakkedia172 wrote:
GMATNinja VeritasKarishma egmat please help me assess the conclusion of this question.
According to me, the conclusion is in first line and the second line works as an intermediate conclusion.
Although I picked the right choice C, according to
MGMAT forum the conclusion is "shifts in POV detract from the merit of the work"
Please help, Thanks!
Hi Rounak
The conclusion is a final decision which is arrived at based on a set of facts (or premises). Therefore, we need to asses what sounds like a logical, reasoned out decision and what is it based on.
The first line of the stimulus states:
A novel cannot be of the highest quality unless most readers become emotionally engaged with the imaginary world it describes.If you analyze, there is nothing in the rest of the stimulus that acts as the basis on which this statement is made. Therefore, this statement cannot be the conclusion of the passage. It is only a point of view which stands independently - a premise. The next statement, that "shifts in POV detract from the merit of the work", acts as the conclusion because it is based on two other facts/premises presented in the stimulus:
i) A novel cannot be of the highest quality unless most readers become emotionally engaged with the imaginary world it describes.
ii) Shifts of narrative point of view within a novel tend to make most readers focus on the author.
The author arrives at the statement based on these two statements, and hence that is the conclusion. We can also use the word "Thus", which is a conclusion marker, appearing before the conclusion to guide us.
Hope this helps.
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