RW-CS-03 · Craft and Structure

Main purpose or topic

Text Structure and Purpose · Stage 2

01 · Key idea

State both the topic and what the author is doing with it.

Build on: RW-II-01

02 · Worked example

Text: “The passage explains how bees communicate the location of food through movement.” What is its main purpose?

This teaching example is original and is not an official SAT question.

Reasoning

The topic is bee communication; the action is explaining the method.

Answer

To explain a way bees communicate food locations

03 · Next step

Practice questions remain in English, as on the SAT.

RW-CS-03 · Main purpose or topic