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What is the main idea?

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It is what the passage is mostly about.

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What do soccer players learn when playing soccer?

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Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.

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What is the main idea of a paragraph about summer heat and swimming pools?

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A fun way to solve the problem of summertime heat.

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What are supporting details?

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Details from the text that develop the main idea.

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What happens to shark teeth over a shark's lifetime?

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Sharks lose many teeth over their lifetime.

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What is the author's point of view?

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The author's perspective or opinion on a topic.

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What is a supporting detail?

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A piece of information that explains or backs up the main idea.

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How do sharks replace lost teeth?

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New teeth push forward from the back rows to replace lost teeth.

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What is the purpose of the main idea in a passage?

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To summarize the primary point or message of the text.

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What is an example of a main idea in a text about teamwork?

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Working together leads to better results.