Identifying Main Ideas and Topics

Match the following

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

• Explicit Main Idea

• A personal judgement or belief about a person or thing

• Implicit Main Idea

• Important to the highest degree

• Main or Central Idea

• not stated directly in the text; implied

• essential

• The primary most important point

• opinion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Match the following

• a summary free from opinions or bias.

• Facts

• something that actually exists and can be proven true

• Support

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

• objective summary

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

• Supporting Details

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

• Details

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

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

• Topic

• Main Idea

• Conclusion

• Analogy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

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.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

an ending or wrap-up for your writing

• Topic

• Conclusion

• Analogy

• Subject

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

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

• Main Idea

• Conclusion

• Analogy

• Subject

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

*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.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.2

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

• Supporting Details

• Details

• Facts

• objective summary

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

a summary free from opinions or bias.

• Supporting Details

• Support

• Facts

• objective summary

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

Facts, statistics, examples, stories, quotations, definitions, reasons, comparisons which support your main idea; details help make the main idea clear

• Details

• Support

• Facts

• objective summary

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1