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Chapter 4: Identifying Supporting Details

Chapter 4: Identifying Supporting Details. Active Reading Skills , 2/e Kathleen McWhorter Brette McWhorter Sember PowerPoint by Gretchen Starks-Martin. What Are Supporting Details?. Supporting details are those facts and ideas that prove or explain the main idea of a paragraph.

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Chapter 4: Identifying Supporting Details

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  1. Chapter 4: Identifying Supporting Details Active Reading Skills, 2/eKathleen McWhorter Brette McWhorter Sember PowerPoint by Gretchen Starks-Martin

  2. What Are Supporting Details? Supporting details are those facts and ideas that prove or explain the main idea of a paragraph.

  3. Major Details Major details are the most important details that directly explain the main idea.

  4. Minor Details Minor details provide additional information, offer an example, or further explain one of the key details.

  5. Details Relate to the Main Idea Main Idea/Topic Sentence Major Detail Major Detail Minor Detail Minor Detail Minor Detail Minor Detail

  6. Recognizing Transitions Transitions are linking words or phrases that lead the reader from one detail to another. (examples: first, also, finally)

  7. Time-Sequence Example Enumeration Continuation Contrast Comparison Cause-Effect Common Transitions

  8. Time-Sequence • The author arranges ideas in the order in which they happened. • Transition words: • first • later • next • finally

  9. Example • The author indicates that an example will follow. • Transition words: • for example • for instance • to illustrate • such as

  10. Enumeration • The author marks or identifies each major point. • Transition words: • first • second • third • last • another • next

  11. Continuation • The author continues with the same idea and will provide additional information. • Transition words: • also • in addition • and • further • another

  12. Contrast • The author is switching to a different, opposite, or contrasting idea than previously discussed. • Transition words: • on the other hand • in contrast • however

  13. Comparison • The writer will show how the previous idea is similar to what follows. • Transition words: • like • likewise • similarly

  14. Cause-Effect • The writer will show a connection between two or more things, how one thing caused another, or how something happened as a result of something else. • Transition words: • because • thus • therefore • since • consequently

  15. Evaluating Your Progress Use the “Supporting Details-St. Louis Arch, Missouri” module in the Reading Skills section on the MyReadingLab Web site at http://www.ablongman.com/myreadinglab.

  16. For more practice visit the Companion Web site. http://www.ablongman.com/mcwhorter

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