Key Details and related vocabulary

Key Details

by Kristel Bishop

​Review Important vocbaulary to know

​Annotating — marking a text with notes and/or comments 

​

Explicit meaning — an idea that is clearly stated, unambiguous, and leaves little room for interpretation 

​

Implicit meaning — an idea that must be inferred through an analysis of details, actions, tone, dialogue, body language, visuals, etc. 

​

Inference — a logical guess made by connecting bits of information

​Vocabulary continued

​​Key details — important ideas throughout a work that support the central or main message, theme, tone, etc.

​

Notetaking — the study skill of outlining or summarizing the ideas of a lecture, a book, or another source of information to aid in the retention of ideas 

​

Paraphrase — restate the meaning of something in different words.

Paraphrasing alters the exact wording of the source and transmits its ideas or information without evaluation or interpretation.

​

​Vocabulary continued

​Prediction — a form of inference in which the reader gathers and analyzes details in order to anticipate and foresee forthcoming events and information

Summarize — to reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main idea. Note: It is still important to attribute summarized ideas to the original source.

Multiple Choice

Key ideas are: Important information or facts from the text to identify the main topic of a text

• True

• False

​Key details/supporting details

1. ​Key details are the parts of a text that support the main idea.

2. ​Key details help you find out what the main idea is.

3. ​Key details can be the characters in a story, the setting of the story, or the events that happen.

5. How do I figure out what the key details are?

   • Ask yourself FOUR questions to figure out key details:

   • Who is in the story?

   • Where is the story happening?

   • What is happening in the story?

   • When is the story happening?

​

​Supporting Details provide information to clarify, prove, or explain the main idea. These details. demonstrate the validity of the main idea. They often list parts, aspects, steps, or examples of the main idea.

​

​Supporting or key details are reasons, examples, facts, steps, or other kinds of evidence that explain the main idea. They are TEXT EVIDENCE

​

​If a detail can be left out and not affect your understanding of the story it is not a key detail

Multiple Select

What is a key detail? (check all correct answers)

• Parts of a text that support the main idea

• The things that help you find our what the main idea is

• The who, what, when, and where of a text

• What the story is about

Multiple Choice

Mount Rushmore is a huge carving in a stone cliff. The carving shows the faces of four U.S. presidents. They are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota. Each year many people visit this amazing sight.

What is a detail that tells about the main idea?

• how the four presidents were chosen

• why Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota

• which presidents are at Mount Rushmore

Multiple Choice

Read the following details and determine the main idea of the words.-theater-candy-popcorn-dark

• Playing at the park.

• eating junk food

• playing in the dark

• going to the movies

Multiple Choice

A key detail is NOT

• answering who, what, when, where, why.

• The central message of the story.

• Supporting details of the story

• words or phrases that help us understand the story.

Multiple Choice

*Hawaii is a state made up of several islands.

*Millions of people from all over visit Hawaii every year.

*The beautiful turquoise waters are very appealing.

*Actually, many people go to Hawaii for shopping, too!

• Hawaii is a beautiful island.

• Many people each year enjoy visiting Hawaii.

• Most people go to Hawaii to go surfing.

• Many people move to Hawaii because it is so pretty.