I think sometimes we have to choose answer choice that makes most sense after process of elimination even though that answer choice does not really capture the main purpose of the paragraph. For example, paragraph illustrates about principle A and talk about the relationship between that principle and subject X. So, I naturally assume the primary purpose of paragraph is to show the relationship between principle and subject but sometimes there's no answer choice corresponding to that, and instead correct answer choice could be something like "Illustrate about principle A".
We need a lesson about focusing on the authors point/perspective. Many question types rely on this and describe its importance in that section for that specific question.
A separate video about the authors point/perspective would be useful as it draws attention to how important this concept is on its own.
"It’s critical to recognize that the correct answer is not merely something that happens in the paragraph, phrase, or sentence we’re asked about. It must also describe why the author wrote the passage."
Question: Will the section be highlighted in blue on the actual test or is this just a practice feature? Trying to see how much I should depend on that feature.
I think one could make a suggestion that these last three lessons could be summed up as simply paying attention to the author's motive and thus the purpose of a piece of text versus a simple description of what that piece of text is doing and how that translates to picking the correct answer.
However, I really like that the lessons are really drilling it into our heads the tiny, minute differences between the question types and how to approach them. You could have explained everything as just the first sentence I wrote here, but now I'm sure not to forget that sentence because this concept was covered so thoroughly.
Purpose (author's motive) = strict scope on what asked about + reason why author wrote it + accurate description of at least one relevant piece of text.
Main point = simply an accurate description (the most accurate) of what the written text is about or does (not necessarily describing the author's motive)
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I think sometimes we have to choose answer choice that makes most sense after process of elimination even though that answer choice does not really capture the main purpose of the paragraph. For example, paragraph illustrates about principle A and talk about the relationship between that principle and subject X. So, I naturally assume the primary purpose of paragraph is to show the relationship between principle and subject but sometimes there's no answer choice corresponding to that, and instead correct answer choice could be something like "Illustrate about principle A".
common traps: sometimes these questions are really hard
We need a lesson about focusing on the authors point/perspective. Many question types rely on this and describe its importance in that section for that specific question.
A separate video about the authors point/perspective would be useful as it draws attention to how important this concept is on its own.
"It’s critical to recognize that the correct answer is not merely something that happens in the paragraph, phrase, or sentence we’re asked about. It must also describe why the author wrote the passage."
Is this supposed to say passage at the end?
Question: Will the section be highlighted in blue on the actual test or is this just a practice feature? Trying to see how much I should depend on that feature.
Just a note for editing. The title underneath the summary is incorrect; it says "purpose of passage".
I think one could make a suggestion that these last three lessons could be summed up as simply paying attention to the author's motive and thus the purpose of a piece of text versus a simple description of what that piece of text is doing and how that translates to picking the correct answer.
However, I really like that the lessons are really drilling it into our heads the tiny, minute differences between the question types and how to approach them. You could have explained everything as just the first sentence I wrote here, but now I'm sure not to forget that sentence because this concept was covered so thoroughly.
Purpose (author's motive) = strict scope on what asked about + reason why author wrote it + accurate description of at least one relevant piece of text.
Main point = simply an accurate description (the most accurate) of what the written text is about or does (not necessarily describing the author's motive)