Main Idea Terms

will prove or back up the main idea

• topic

• topic sentence

• main idea

• supporting detail(s)

hints found in the title

• topic

• topic sentence

• main idea

• supporting detail(s)

must read the entire passage to find

• topic

• topic sentence

• main idea

• supporting detail(s)

WILL be found in the passage word-for-word

• topic

• topic sentence

• main idea

• supporting detail(s)

will be in the words of the reader

• topic

• topic sentence

• main idea

• supporting detail(s)

states the main idea

• topic

• topic sentence

• main idea

• supporting detail(s)

subject of what the story is about

• topic

• topic sentence

• main idea

• supporting detail(s)

one or two words, will NOT be a complete sentence

• topic

• topic sentence

• main idea

• supporting detail(s)

tells what the passage is mostly about

• topic

• topic sentence

• main idea

• supporting detail(s)

narrowed ideas

• topic

• topic sentence

• main idea

• supporting detail(s)