Main Idea and key details

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What is the main idea of a text?

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The main idea is what the story or passage is mostly about.

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What are supporting details?

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Supporting details are sentences that justify or explain the main idea.

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What does it mean to summarize a text?

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To summarize a text means to determine the main idea and key details while condensing the information into a short paragraph.

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What is an example of a main idea?

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Frogs are amazing jumpers.

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What detail supports the main idea that frogs are amazing jumpers?

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Frogs have long, powerful legs which help them leap long distances.

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What is NOT a supporting detail for the main idea that earthquakes can cause a lot of destruction?

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Earthquakes can also be known as quakes, tremors, or temblors.

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What is the term for the sentences that explain the main idea?

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Supporting details.

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What is the main idea of a text about earthquakes?

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Earthquakes can cause a lot of destruction.

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What is the purpose of identifying the main idea?

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To understand what the text is mostly about.

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What is an example of a supporting detail for earthquakes?

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Many bridges are demolished when they wobble in a quake.