Near the surface means contrast?
On the surface, beneath the surface - means support/ contrast?
Even is neither a support nor a contrast?
Indeed is a support? or a concession?
In fact is a support?
For is a support or a contrast?
When is a support?
Even now is a contrast?
@C.Koushik Can you pls help?
@Meynoush Can you please help? My exam is in 3 days
I’m not that great with math strategy myself 
Maybe @HoldMyBeer could help out?
Primary purpose = What the passage or author is primarily concerned with discussing i.e. What does the passage or author talks about the most?
Is it the main idea?
or is it why was the passage written?
I too faced same but based on practise, I began to construe it this way which worked for me
Main Idea and primary purpose have a slight line of difference. At times they are same but other times, it’s not.
So, this is how I tried
Main idea: The thrust of whole passage, the main point which author is trying to tell us through this passage
Primary Purpose : Think in terms of Structure. What is the function of main idea?
For eg: In rat liver transplantation passage from big book,
Main idea is Rat livers are exception in transplantation.
Its Primary purpose is Ask yourself why is author telling us this main idea, what’s the function or purpose of author by telling us phenomenon of rat liver exception? You will get that his purpose is to show an exception in research
OMG BEST EXAMPLE EVER. Thanks a lot Ram.
Another doubt - Pls help me my exam is in 3 days…
In function of a highlighted sentence Q- We need to look at only 2 sentences above and 2 sentences below that highlighted line?
Whereas in Bold faced CR question - We need to read the entire para, find the conclusion and then see whether these two bold phrases support each other or contrast or if one of them is a conclusion or nor?
@Ram How to do tackle these two types of highlighted sentence Q?
Thanks alot
In this one ans is B. How come the second part of B is correct? I thought the conclusion is While historically significant, this does complicate our interpretation of the characters in the play and the evidence for that conclusion is the 2nd highlighted line which is It is more difficult to assess authorial intention with regard to a character’s motives if the text has been redacted by multiple authors… How come second highlighted is the conclusion?
Yes true, your approach is correct. Though I have seen a few questions where instead of sentences they gave words or line numbers and those words are back down in second or third passage as well in long passage. But it’s very rare from as far as I have seen
One more suggestion is in bold faced questions , I suggest you to read first those highlighted texts first rather than whole passage , at times they save you time, like I saw few where one sentence gives example of another bold faced sentence. Other one I saw was they were contrasting each other, in these cases just by reading these two sentences we could choose answer and it could save us time.
Could you please solve this GMAT club question? Ans is B
Primary purpose Q is same as what the author/passage is primarily concerned with discussing? @Ram
In that case, I can answer bot these question using - what is the function of the main idea?
Author is primarily concerned with - isn’t that - what is the author mostly talking about? Like what subject is constantly being repeated or discussed in the entire passage?
True, we can answer it this way both of them.
Clearly main idea is that its tough to judge if multiple authors are involved
Sentence 2(bold) says this main idea which is our conclusion, sentence 1(bolded) says that other authors wrote it, like its giving an example of the very first sentence of passage that other authors wrote in Shakespeare work.
Hence options A, C, E are out because sentence 1 is giving an example, it’s not giving conclusion.
Option D is out because sentence 2 isn’t objecting anything, it’s giving our main idea or conclusion
Sorry, just seen this. I hope it’s not too late.
INDEED is a concession, TRUE is a concession, ADMITTEDLY, CERTAINLY, UNDOUBTEDLY, UNDENIABLY, CONFESSEDLY, and GRANTED.
Those are all the sings where the author is about to start the concession.
For support and contrast I created a list from GregMat’s videos and you can see the answer to the rest of your questions.
Good luck!
Thanks a lot Meynoush. Really appreciate it.
You’re welcome! Always happy to help! 
