Main Idea & Supporting Details Vocab

Match the following

• an ending or wrap-up for your writing

• Subject

• A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.

• Topic

• the central or most important idea about a topic that the writer wants to communicate to readers.

• Analogy

• The topic of a text. What the text is about.

• Main Idea

• the person or thing the passage is about--usually one or two words

• Conclusion

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Match the following

• something that actually exists and can be proven true

• Support

• to bear or hold up; serve as a foundation for*any material that serves to prove a claim

• Facts

• Facts, statistics, examples, stories, quotations, definitions, reasons, comparisons which support yo

• Supporting Details

• a summary free from opinions or bias.

• Details

• information or facts that support or add more to the main idea

• objective summary

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Match the following

• give special importance or prominence to (something) in speaking or writing

• opinion

• The most important point the writer is trying to make is DIRECTLY stated.

• essential

• not stated directly in the text; implied

• Explicit Main Idea

• A personal judgement or belief about a person or thing

• emphasize

• Important to the highest degree

• Implicit Main Idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

the person or thing the passage is about--usually one or two words

• Topic

• Main Idea

• Conclusion

• Analogy

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

the central or most important idea about a topic that the writer wants to communicate to readers.

• Main Idea

• Conclusion

• Analogy

• Subject

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

an ending or wrap-up for your writing

• Topic

• Conclusion

• Analogy

• Subject

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.

• Topic

• Main Idea

• Analogy

• Subject

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The topic of a text. What the text is about.

• Main Idea

• Conclusion

• Analogy

• Subject

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

*to bear or hold up; serve as a foundation for

*any material that serves to prove a claim

• Supporting Details

• Details

• Support

• objective summary

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

information or facts that support or add more to the main idea

• Supporting Details

• Details

• Facts

• objective summary

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1