What do you want (really, really want) out of your college education?
which statement identifies the central idea of the text?

The main idea of these question is to describe and analyse student's interests. According to their answer, the interviewer can know what kind of student is the interviewed, which is really important, depending on the purpose of the question, wether for admission or scholarships.

a compare and contrast essay is a piece of formal writing in which the author focus on the similarities between two ideas, objects, places, etc., and the differences between them. there are some aspects that the author should take into account when he/she is crafting the essay. first, the author has a clear idea of the effect that he/she wants to produce on the audience (a purpose). his/her main idea should be presented in the thesis statement in a simple but effective way which gives the audience a clear idea of the content and the direction of the essay. in addition, it is also important to focus to the similarities and differences that not only are interesting and relevant to the reader but also provide a new, impressive point of view or deeper understanding of a topic.

they are all talking about chocolate (next time you post a question with "which" post the choices too)