Main Idea and Details

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Main idea of a story...

Back

What the story is mostly about.

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Main idea is not just one word.

Back

False

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Topic: One or two words summarizing the whole text.

Back

True

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Main idea can be found by...

Back

Rereading the first and last sentence.

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Key details support the main idea.

Back

True

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Main idea: Brandon's friends visited, ate cake, opened presents, and played games.

Back

Brandon had a birthday party.

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Main idea is NOT...

Back

a summary of the story

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Main idea of Sarah's story:

Back

Sarah went on vacation to Florida.

Front

Topic: Horses are fragile animals that can get sick from wrong food, hurt their hooves, or roll over too much.

Back

Horses

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Main idea about horses:

Back

Horses are fragile animals.