Q6

[jiehaep]

6. (D)
Question Type: Synthesis (9-14, 23-28, 48-53)
Very rarely will the main point be stated explicitly in any one given place in the passage.
Questions that ask about the main point of the passage require us to synthesize multiple parts of the passage in order to come away with a broader overall interpretation. Answer choice (D) does this effectively. Notice that (D) also matches up nicely with our scale image.
(A) is true, but its scope is too narrow to cover the overall main point of the passage.
(B) is true, but its scope is too narrow to cover the overall main point of the passage.
(C) is an unsupported interpretation. This answer overextends the scope of the passage from poetry to art in general, and mistakes Gluck’s belief in subject universality for a belief in an equally male/female perspective.
(E) is an unsupported interpretation. The bulk of the passage sides with Gluck, and the final paragraph directly answers her critics.

[T.J.]

As for (B), I also take "poetry must instead concern itself with certain universal themes" to be a statement too general and extreme to be justified by this passage. Also, what stands out to me is that (B) talks about the universal subjects whereas Gluck's response is more about the female voice.

[haeeunjee]

I was between (A) and (D) and knew that (A) felt too narrow and (D) felt correct / typical Main Point language, but I couldn't shake off the fact that the passage actually never says explicitly whether or not Gluck writes on universal themes herself... That felt like an inference. Gluck has definitely been influenced by universal themes in poetry since her childhood and thinks that universal themes transcend social boundaries.. But does she actually write on them? How can we know?

[ShuhanM597]

To the post above, D is right because the first 2 lines told us LG said she feels comfortable writing within a tradition often characterized as belonging only to male poets, and from the 2nd half of the 2nd paragraph and even later in the passage we were told this tradition is writing universal themes that beyond gender distinctions.