Writer’s/Essay Goal
Summary
The lesson focuses on understanding and answering questions related to whether an essay achieves the writer's intended goal, a common question type on the ACT exam.
- Identify the writer's specific goal by reviewing the question's language and the essay's scope.
- Evaluate if the essay achieves the stated goal, ensuring it is neither too broad nor too narrow.
- Eliminate answer choices with rationales that do not align with the essay's goal.
- Review the main idea of each paragraph to understand the essay's overall argument.
- Use process of elimination for answer choices that don't logically support the essay's achievement of the goal.
Chapters
00:00
Understanding the Writer's Goal
03:14
Evaluating Answer Choices