what are key points?

Question

i was asked in school to find key points from the letter from birmingham jail by Dr.

Answer 1

Key points are important factors, ideas, themes or subject matter that you wish to make known. Your argument rests on these factors.

Answer 2

I assume you're talking about an essay.
The key points would include the thesis statement and the main ideas of each paragraph (usually found in the first sentence of the paragraph.)

Also,
"Development of key points

If your essay is a continuous, undivided piece of text, it will be very hard for any reader to pick out the shape of the argument, or any particular part of it. Paragraphs, therefore, are a means of dividing the writing into meaningful and linked continuous text. Not all will be of equal length. Some will illustrate their arguments in more detail, or with more examples. There can be no fixed rule for length, but in general, paragraphs of over 300 words can be hard to follow and paragraphs of under 50 words tend to look slight.

Paragraphs have a structure a beginning, a middle and an end. The topic sentence acts like an introduction to the paragraph it sets out the topic, which the rest of the paragraph will develop. The sentences in the middle explain, develop, illustrate or modify the main idea in the topic sentence. The last sentence often returns to the ideas in the topic sentence to show how it was developed.

It is important that paragraphs should link together; otherwise, they become a series of short disjointed essays, instead of a longer, cohesive one. This can often be done using linking words and phrases.

However – this means that what comes next is somehow opposed to, or an exception to, what came before

Example - However, the situation in Somalia is very different.

Although – means that what you have just said is a justified qualification of the main point, but does not invalidate it.

Example - Although all this is true, the economy is still in decline.

Despite – means that what you have just said in the previous paragraph may seem to contradict the main point, but it does not, in fact, actually do so.

Example - Despite all this, the economy shows signs of growth.

More linking words and phrases: moreover, in addition, another reason for… , contrary to what Jones states… , it is clear that these points impact on the concept of … , to conclude, finally

Answer 3

Key points is another way of saying main points or focus points.