Main Idea and Supporting Details

a statement that tells what the passage is mostly about

• main idea

• topic

the general subject of the passage

• topic

• supporting details

narrow ideas, evidence, examples

• topic sentence

• supporting details

a sentence in the passage that states the main idea

• topic sentence

• supporting details

determined after reading a passage

• supporting detials

• main idea

usually one or a few words

• main idea

• topic

The _________ support the main idea.

• supporting details

• main idea

The _________ consists of only one or two words.

• topic

• main idea

The _________ is a statement that tells what the passage is mostly about.

• main idea

• supporting details

_________ are narrow ideas, evidence, and examples.

• topic sentence

• supporting details