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Main Idea

Main Idea. Discovering Meaning Through Structure. Topic, Main Ideas, and Details. Topic—Who and What of the paragraph Main Idea—Key Point of the paragraph. It is usually in the first AND last sentence of the paragraph a majority of the time. Fiction vs. Factual Main Ideas

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Main Idea

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  1. Main Idea Discovering Meaning Through Structure

  2. Topic, Main Ideas, and Details • Topic—Who and What of the paragraph • Main Idea—Key Point of the paragraph. It is usually in the first AND last sentence of the paragraph a majority of the time. • Fiction vs. Factual Main Ideas • Is there always a Main Idea? • No, but there is always a topic; otherwise, the book, or person, is perceived as droning on and on. • Like on CSI, it’s always in the details. Details help you visualize. If they aren’t there, the book will be boring. Period. These are the who, what, where, when, why, and how of the story and/or text.

  3. Paragraph Design—There are Five Basic Shapes • First, you have to read the first and last sentences since most non-fiction paragraphs would have this format.

  4. Fiction books usually utilize this format:

  5. The other formats are as follows: • If the main idea is in the first sentence and is NOT repeated, it will look like this:

  6. Very rarely you get the main idea in the last sentence:

  7. And, just to see if you are paying attention, testers will sometimes put the main idea in the middle of the paragraph—if you can’t find the M.I. in the first and last sentences, look in the middle.

  8. Paraphrasing—just tell me the facts, ma’am. • Implied Main Ideas—supposition. Think of the commercials you’ve seen for a certain product—i.e. the cat and the spaghetti sauce.

  9. Work on the chapter and bring in any problems you have with comprehension next Monday! Ü P.S. Use Post-its to mark a page that you are having trouble with. It saves both you and me time.

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