Central Idea Final STAAR Review

The central idea is the main point or message that the author wants to convey in a text.

Supporting a main idea means providing details or examples that explain or reinforce the main point.

A detail is a specific piece of information that helps to explain or illustrate the main idea.

You can identify the main idea by looking for the most important point that the author is trying to communicate.

The purpose of a supporting detail is to provide evidence or examples that back up the main idea.

To summarize a passage means to give a brief statement of the main points or ideas.

A passage is a section of text that can be a paragraph, a few paragraphs, or a longer piece of writing.

The main idea is the primary message of the text, while supporting details are the facts or examples that help explain or prove the main idea.

A theme is the underlying message or lesson that can be learned from a story.

Look for repeated ideas, the title, and the first and last sentences of paragraphs.