Main Idea and Supporting Details

What is the main idea of a text?

• The main idea of a text is the biggest or most important idea

• The main idea of a text are the details and ideas about the main idea.

• The main idea of a text is the background information of the text.

• The main idea of a text is the summary of the text.

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What are supporting details in a text?

• General statements that are unrelated to the main idea.

• Opinions or personal beliefs that are not backed by evidence.

• Irrelevant information that does not contribute to the main idea.

• 
  Ideas or facts about the main idea

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Why is it important to identify the main idea of a text?

• To understand the overall message or purpose of the text.

• To overlook important details

• To confuse the reader

• To waste time and effort

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How can you identify the main idea of a text?

• Read the text backwards

• Guess the main idea based on the length of the text

• Ask someone else to identify the main idea

• Analyze the title, headings, topic sentences, and key supporting details throughout the text.

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Alex’s grandpa lives in a big city, on the 18th floor of an apartment building. From his grandpa’s windows, Alex can see the whole city. Alex used to be afraid to look out the windows, because they were up so high. But his grandpa would sit with Alex, and point out all the interesting things in the city. Now Alex likes to look out his grandpa’s windows. He can see the library, and the train station, and the park. He feels very grown up.

What is the story mostly about?

• the 18th floor of an apartment building

• Alex takes a train ride

• Alex rides the elevator

• Alex and his grandpa’s windows

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Is the main idea always in the first or last sentence of a reading?

• NO

• Only in the first sentence

• only in the last sentence

• in the middle sentence

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Luca’s grandpa lives on a farm. His grandpa has a big garden, and many animals. When Luca was little, he was afraid of the chickens. When he helped his grandpa feed the chickens, the chickens chased him, crying, “Cluck, cluck, cluck!” But his grandpa showed him how to shoo the chickens away with his hand, saying, “Shoo chicks, shoo chicks!” Luca still doesn’t like the chickens much, but he isn’t afraid of them now. He feels very grown up.

What is the story mostly about?

• Grandpa’s garden

• Luca and the chickens

• Luca’s favorite animal

• cows

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How do supporting details help to understand the main idea?

• Supporting details provide irrelevant information that distracts from the main idea.

• Supporting details contradict the main idea.

• Supporting details are unnecessary and do not contribute to understanding the main idea.

• Supporting details provide evidence, examples, and explanations that help to clarify and strengthen the main idea.

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What is the purpose of including supporting details in a text?

• To confuse the reader

• To distract from the main idea

• To make the text longer

• To provide evidence, examples, and explanations that support the main idea or thesis statement.

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The movie Apollo 13 was a blockbuster for the summer of 1995. It is an exciting story about space exploration. In the movie, the astronauts get in trouble while they are trying to return to Earth. People in the audience are on the edge of their seats waiting to see what happens. What makes it even more exciting is that it is a true story. 

What is the main idea?

• the main idea is that is a true story

• the main idea is that everyone wants to know what is going to happen

• • the main idea is in the first sentence: Apollo 13 was a blockbuster for the summer of 1995

• the main idea is that the story is exciting

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