What is the author’s main concern?

Concept

In a reading-comprehension question, the author’s main concern is the central problem or loss developed across the whole passage, not a supporting example. It is found by connecting the opening experience, the supporting evidence, and the concluding emphasis.

Application

The narrator first struggles to write a message by hand and realizes that constant typing has weakened this ability. The survey then shows that many teenagers rarely write letters or cards, and the conclusion describes handwriting as a creative outlet that deserves the importance given to other arts.

Contrast

• Using social networks is mentioned as one example of digital communication, not as the loss developed through the passage.

• Using mobile phones is another example of the technological shift, rather than the central concern itself.

• Using computers explains the narrator’s typing habit, but it functions as evidence for a broader decline.

• Forgetting the art of handwriting brings together the narrator’s experience, the teen survey, and the closing appeal.

Cross-check

If the digital examples are removed, the passage still discusses reduced letter and card writing and ends by defending handwriting as an art. This confirms that the concern is the loss of handwriting rather than the use of any one device or platform.

Result

Therefore, the author’s main concern is that teenagers have forgotten the art of handwriting.