Read the paragraph about social media. Social media outlets are often criticized as forums for unimportant postings and uniforme
d rants. Though much of what is posted is conversational drivel, social media outlets also serve as springboards for entrepreneurs. Creative people can advertise their designs or products at a low cost to a wider market than entrepreneurs could have imagined in previous generations. The Internet is the ultimate free marketplace, allowing motivated individuals to share their wares with the world. What is the controlling idea? Every entrepreneur should advertise one’s products on the Internet. The Internet has countless forums on which people share meaningless posts. Social media has a valid purpose as an inexpensive, creative marketplace. Advertising products on the Internet is inexpensive compared to television.
Answer: Social media has a valid purpose as an inexpensive, creative marketplace.
The main point that this passage wants to get across is that the internet, and in particular social media, has become a free marketplace. This means that it can be a very useful tool for entrepreneurs to advertise their products and access a large market free of cost. Therefore, the paragraph argues, social media has a role in modern life beyond the sharing of unimportant postings and uninformed rants.
An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames the noun next to it. For example, if you said, "The boy raced ahead to the finish line," adding an appositive could result in "The boy, an avid sprinter, raced ahead to the finish line."
