Main ideas and supporting details
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1. The main idea is that a "to do list" helps manage time efficiently. 2. Supporting details include that it organizes tasks in a short amount of time and helps handle a greater volume of work without stress.
Main ideas and supporting details
- 1. Distinguishing Main Ideas and Supporting Details
- 2. • Textbook chapters, articles, paragraphs, sentences, or passages all have topics and main ideas. Reading Text The main idea is Supporting details support the "key concept" the main idea by telling being expressed. how, what, when or where.
- 3. Main Ideas and Supporting Details in Paragraph A paragraph is a group of related sentences about a single topic: MAIN IDEA: the point that the whole paragraph makes DETAILS: the sentences that explain the main idea
- 4. Paragraph Main Idea: The Topic: Subject of point of the whole the whole paragraph paragraph Details: Transitions: Other Sentences that words and phrases explains main to connect the idea ideas
- 5. General vs. Specific The main idea in a paragraph is a general idea. In contrast, the supporting details in a paragraph is made up of specific ideas and details. Supporting details make the main idea stronger since it develop and support the main idea with specific information.
- 6. Try this: identify the general word in each group. jealousy hatred emotion worry Biology Physics Science Chemistry Football Reading Interest Baking Travelling
- 7. Identify main ideas and supporting details: General ideas: broad ideas that apply to a large number of individual items Specific ideas or terms: more detailed or particular; referring to an individual item
- 8. People differ in numerous ways. They differ according to physical characteristics, such as height, weight, and hair color. They also differ in personality. Some people are friendly and easygoing. Others are more reserved and formal. Where is the main idea? (most general statement)
- 9. Nutrition is the process of taking in and using food for growth, repair, and maintenance of the body. The science of nutrition is the study of foods and how the body uses them. Many North Americans define nutrition as eating a healthful diet. But what is healthful? Our food choices may be influenced by fads, advertising, or convenience. We may reflect on the meaning of nutrition while pushing a cart down a supermarket aisle, or while making a selection from a restaurant menu.
- 10. Looking for the Main Idea • Locate the Topic--person, place, object, idea • Locate the Most General Sentence--the topic sentence ◦ Topic Sentence First (usually) ◦ Topic Sentence Last (second in frequency) ◦ Topic Sentence in the Middle ◦ Topic Sentence First and Last (last = emphasis) • Study the Details—all the sentences in a paragraph must relate/support/explain the main idea.
- 12. The Statue of Liberty is visited by thousands of people every year. The Statue of Liberty is a 151 foot statue of woman holding a book and a torch. It was a gift of friendship from the people of France. It has become the universal symbol for freedom. Where is the main idea?
- 14. Types of Supporting Details Examples, Illustrations Facts and Statistics Reasons Incident Descriptive Details Steps or Procedures Comparison or Contrast
- 15. where are the supporting details? The Erie channel changed the way people moved goods in the 1800’s. The 363 mile canal connected Albany, New York to Lake Erie in Buffalo for the first time. When the Canal opened in 1825, building supplies and goods could be transported quickly and cheaply across New York State. Canal boats pulled by mules carried people and supplies across New York.
- 16. Main Idea: Lake Erie changed the way people moved goods. So, the supporting details are: • 1-The 363 mile canal connected Albany and New York for the first time. • 2-The canal boats pulled by mules carried people and supplies across New York State. • 3-The canal made a way for goods to be transported cheaply and quickly.
- 17. 1. Identify the main idea in the paragraph. 2. List all the supporting details
- 18. Although cigarette sales in the US have dropped, US tobacco companies continue to do well. Figures show a steady decline in domestic consumption over the last decade. This is because a lot more Americans are becoming aware of the dangers to health caused by smoking. However, cigarette companies have ways of coping with the problem. They are expanding markets in third world countries and in former communist countries. For example, RJR has made an entry into the vast Chinese market by tying up with a local partner to market its products there.
- 19. When a humpback whale breathes, it blows air and water vapor out its blow hole on the top of its head. The whale’s breath, forced out the hole at 450 kph, is composed of air and water vapour; it can reach 5 meters high and seen from 2 kilometers away on a clear day. It contains a fishy smell and oily substance, which can leave a residue on a camera lens, if too close. Whale’s breathing or the ‘blow’ is usually the first sign that a whale is present.
- 20. A list of “things to do” for each day and week is a valuable aid to managing your time. A “to do list” organizes your thinking and planning onto one form in the least amount of time with the maximum amount of efficiency, A “to do list” is especially helpful if it coincides with the record-keeping you already do for your company. After a short time, you will find yourself handling a greater volume of work without increasing your stress. You will simply become efficient.