Main Idea and Supporting Details

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Which term best describes the main idea of a piece of writing?

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A central point

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Buttressed (in the phrase: "The main idea is buttressed by supporting details")

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Backed

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In an essay, details serve a similar function to: An instructional manual for putting together furniture, The characters in a work of fiction, Blank pages in a notebook, The evidence an attorney needs to convict a criminal

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The evidence an attorney needs to convict a criminal

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What is the topic of an essay explaining why eating healthy foods is good for you?

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Healthy foods

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Main idea of an article about healthy foods?

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Eating healthy foods is good for you

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What supporting detail might you find in the same article? Options: People who eat healthy foods live longer, Healthy foods include vegetables and protein, Healthy foods are good for you, Eating is necessary to sustain life

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People who eat healthy foods live longer

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Where would you look to find the main idea in a piece of writing? Options: In the first sentence, In the first sentence of the second paragraph, In the last sentence of the first paragraph, There's no one place where the main idea is found

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There's no one place where the main idea is found

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If you can't figure out the main idea of a passage, what should you do?

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Ask yourself general questions about the passage

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In what section of a newspaper would you find articles with topics and main ideas?

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In virtually every section of the paper

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What inference can you make about main ideas in writing? Options: They're always based in fact and never opinion, To be effective, they must be supported by facts, In many essays, they have nothing to do with the topic, Most pieces of writing lack main ideas

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To be effective, they must be supported by facts