The answer to this question is SUMMARIZING. Summarizing is the most common way of taking notes when examining resources. Basically, what we do in summarizing is that we only get the most important points or ideas. We do not copy paste what is written in the sources. Summarizing is simpler but it is still understandable.
Personification
It is personification because the qualities of earth, or moreover, society, are given human-like abilities.
For A) to be correct, it should be "The deli Worker gave him and her free slice of ham. For B) to be correct, it should be Eric told them about his Journey. For D) is also wrong! With that being said, C has the correct object pronouns.
The purpose of focus points is to maintain a person more concentrated on the important parts of something