Understanding Main Ideas and Details

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Main Idea

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The central point of a text (what the text is mostly about)

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Key Detail

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Important fact supporting the main idea

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Identify Main Idea

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Look for repeated ideas or themes

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Supporting Detail

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Evidence or examples in the text

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Main Idea in a Story

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What the story is mostly about

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Key Detail Example

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A specific event or fact in the text

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Finding Main Idea

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Summarize the text in one sentence

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Supporting Detail Example

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A quote or statement from the text

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Main Idea in a Paragraph

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The most important point in the paragraph

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Key Detail in Nonfiction

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A fact or piece of information