Determining the Relevance and the Truthfulness of the Ideas

The main idea is the essential piece of information the author wants to convey.

• True

• False

There are three ways to express the main idea: explicit, implicit, and exquisite.

• True

• False

Identifying the topic is the first process in evaluating and interpreting a text or a viewing material.

• True

• False

Supporting details are facts, statements, and examples--specifics that guide us to fully understand the main idea.

• True

• False

Answering the questions raised by the main idea (who, what, when, why, or how) helps determine the supporting details.

• True

• False

Which of the following questions corresponds to the FIRST STEP in getting the sense of a viewing material?

• What specific information that guide someone to fully understand the main idea of a viewing material?

• What is the viewing material all about?

• What essential piece of information does the author want you to know?

Which of the following questions corresponds to the SECOND STEP in getting the sense of a viewing material?

• What specific information that guide someone to fully understand the main idea of a viewing material?

• What is the viewing material all about?

• What essential piece of information does the author want you to know?

Which of the following questions corresponds to the LAST STEP in getting the sense of a viewing material?

• What specific information that guide someone to fully understand the main idea of a viewing material?

• What is the viewing material all about?

• What essential piece of information does the author want you to know?

It refers to a main idea that is directly stated either in the beginning, middle, or end in the text.

• implicit main idea

• explicit main idea

• exquisite main idea

Which of the following is a function of supporting details?

• They limit the main idea

• They clarify specific points in a material.

• They state the central message of a material.