Whats the difference between primary , penultimate and main purpose of an essay?

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Divyansh singh · Answer

in simple words
main idea and central idea is a same thing which means what idea you get from the passage i.e. the primary purpose.
PENULTIMATE is what the SECOND LAST paragraph of the passage saying.

Bipul Swargiary · Answer

Thank you , it is penultimate paragraph,I typed it wrong. What does the examiner mean when they ask about primary purpose of any paragraph or an essay?

Ananthkrishna Nair · Answer

Hi Bipul,
Could you please cite the source where you came across these terms? The questions most often involve the primary purpose and/or the main point; however, we have never come across the term 'penultimate purpose.' We often use the word 'penultimate' to refer to the second last paragraph.

Bipul Swargiary · Answer

So central and main idea of the passage is same right!?

Kushagra Kumar · Answer

Primary purpose means why the author wrote the passage, what is the central idea of the passage.

Whats the difference between primary , penultimate and main purpose of an essay?

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