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How to get "Primary Purpose of Passage" right? : Verbal
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jimmyjamesdonkey
Jun 24, 2007
I always get "The Primary Purpose of this passage is to?" wrong on Reading Comp. I'm guessing this is hurting my score as it seems like a simple questions and I always get it wrong.
Any idea on how to nail this??? I started taking notes during the section and it helps. I know what the passage is about, but trying to stick it into one of those GMAT choices is difficult. Suggestions?
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baer
Jun 24, 2007
Main Idea/Primary Purpose Questions:
Many people believe there is no difference between the main or central idea of the passage and the primary purpose of the author of the passage. This is simply not true. Let's take a look at the subtle but important difference between them:
Main Idea
The question might look something like this:
"Which of the following best states the central idea of the passage?"
"Which of the following most accurately states the main idea of the passage?"
"Which of the following is the principal topic of the passage?"
"The main topic of the passage is...."
Primary Purpose
The question might look like this:
"The primary purpose of this passage is to..."
"The primary purpose of the passage as a whole is to..."
"The primary focus of this passage is on which of the following?"
"The main concern of the passage is to..."
"In the passage, the author is primarily interested in...."
"The passage is chiefly concerned with..."
i think this is helpful to
In my personal opinion, I'd say 1st and last
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Dear Editor.
I am writing this letter to you in order to inform you about a great ambitious advance that we are witnessing in Kerala and I believe that this can spark your interest in this case and in cases involving environmental and ecological issues as a whole.
I believe that you have already had access to data or information that reveal the problem of pollution on our planet and how it will affect not only our lives, but the lives of the next generations. To minimize these problems, we must all seek to limit the pollution that we ourselves cause, but also to charge our governmental guidelines and public policies that promote the reduction of population, industries and agriculture.
In Kerala, we managed to get the attention of the government and demand an effective position on pollution and after many discussions we managed to get the government to authorize the general ban on disposable plastic, which will drastically modify our state's waste generation and decrease the pollution that these wastes can cause.
We know that this was a great victory for the environmental sector and we are very happy, but not satisfied, since we would like other states to adopt this ban in their territories. For that, we would need the full disclosure of this event and its importance for our world and our life.
I hope I can count on your participation and dissemination.
Kind regards,
Renjit Goo.
