What's your point?

What's your point?

By Linda Flores

The purpose is the writer's goal for the writing.

Purpose

The focus is the topic that the writer has chosen.

Focus

Every good piece of writing

has a focus and a purpose.

Taken together, focus and purpose are often referred to as the thesis, the main idea, or the primary purpose of writing. Purpose and focus are closely tied together.

Multiple Choice

The symptoms of perimenopause are a normal manifestation of the aging process and do not ordinarily require treatment. Some physicians may choose to monitor the levels of certain hormones-particularly thyroid function-if the symptoms are severe. Under normal circumstances, this is unnecessary. However, if bleeding is extremely heavy, lasts longer than a week, or occurs between periods, a medical professional should be consulted. Symptoms such as these may indicate a more serious underlying gynecological problem.

The purpose of the article is to...

• Describe the treatment of perimenopause.

• Enumerate the symptoms that women may experience when going through perimenopause

• Give an overall description of perimenopause

• Compare perimenopause to menopause itself.

Multiple Choice

The main idea of the passage is that television

• is only one of many information sources

• may have become less popular than the Internet

• is watched by more people now than ever before

• focuses more on entertainment than on news

Multiple Choice

What is the main purpose of this passage?

• To praise the Founding Fathers

• To present information about an important American

• To define and explain "American English"

• To distinguish American dictionaries from British dictionaries

Multiple Choice

The purpose of the passage is to

• explore the possibility of life in outer space.

• fundraise for further research.

• announce the discovery of a new planet.

• describe the conditions required for the 'Goldilocks' zone.

Multiple Choice

The main idea of the passage is

• to present the finding from new research.

• to refute old notions of the structure of DNA.

• to describe how heterochromatin functions.

• to explain how our bodies destroy pre-cancerous cells.