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1. LESSON 3 Identifying Topics, Main Ideas, and Supporting Details

2. Understanding the topic, the gist, or the larger conceptual framework of a textbook chapter, an article, a paragraph, a sentence or a passage is a sophisticated reading task.

3. Is the broad, general theme or message. TOPIC

4. What is Main Idea? The  main idea  is the most important  idea  of a paragraph. A  main idea  is often stated in the first sentence of a paragraph. The  main idea  is what the paragraph is all about!

5. DETAILS Major and minor, support the main idea by telling how, what, when, where, why, how much, or how many.

6. Identifying the Topic The first thing you must be able to do to get at the main idea of a paragraph is to identify the topic the subject of the paragraph.

7. Getting the Main Idea A paragraph is a group of sentence related to a particular topic, or central theme.

8. Expository Paragraph Is made up of supporting sentences, which help to explain or prove the main idea.

9. Introductory Providing information about someone who is about to speak, perform, or something that is about to begin .

10. Transitional Paragraphs are usually short: their sole function is to tie together what you have read so far and what is to come- to set the stage for succeeding ideas of the chapter or section.

11. Summarizing Paragraphs are used to restate briefly the main ideas of the chapter or section.

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