Question

What is the function of the last paragraph of the passage?

• A. It shows that, despite changes in the industry and audience, the pattern discussed still exists.
• B. It points out that the film industry never changes.
• C. It shows that changes in the film industry and its audience have made the pattern previously discussed obsolete.
• D. It discusses how Jarhead and Apocalypse Now Redux are fundamentally different from all the war movies that preceded them.

Answer 1

The correct option is A

It shows that, despite changes in the industry and audience, the pattern discussed still exists.

The last paragraph begins by noting that the changes in the industry and audience have not changed the pattern discussed. The paragraph ends by stating that this aspect of the film industry, that is, the pattern discussed, remains intact. The correct answer should reflect this point.

(A) CORRECT. This choice correctly summarizes the point made in the first and last sentences of the last paragraph: that this pattern continues despite changes in the industry and audience.

(B) This choice is too extreme. The passage merely says that one pattern of the film industry has not changed. The last paragraph acknowledges that changes in the industry have occurred.

(C) This choice is incorrect as the last paragraph explicitly states that the pattern discussed largely continues.

(D) In the last paragraph, Jarhead and Apocalypse Now Redux are mentioned as examples proving that the discussed pattern continues. Thus, they cannot be fundamentally different from other war movies.