Main ideas and supporting details

Main Ideas and Supporting Details

Main Idea

What the passage is mostly about.

Supporting details

Support the main idea (facts, information, descriptions, actions, thought, statistics, explanations, illustrations, graphs, charts...).

The most important thing about _ is _.

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That is why _ is so important.

The most important thing about therapy is speaking. 

• You should always feel confortable with your therapist.

• The fact that you feel comfortable is going to let you tell him/her how you feel.

• I you don't feel confortable, look for someone else.