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Main Idea & Thesis

Main Idea & Thesis. READ 0300 K.Delgado. Comprehension. What is a main idea?. Who or What? The paragraph is about. Cont. . Topic . Controlling Thought. Subject Restated throughout the material. Answers a question about the topic What does the writer want me to know about the topic.

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Main Idea & Thesis

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  1. Main Idea & Thesis READ 0300 K.Delgado

  2. Comprehension

  3. What is a main idea? • Who or What? The paragraph is about

  4. Cont. Topic Controlling Thought • Subject • Restated throughout the material • Answers a question about the topic • What does the writer want me to know about the topic

  5. How many types of main ideas are there? Stated Implied • Stated sentence that is located anywhere in the paragraph • Not a direct sentence • Use information from sentences within the paragraph to come to the main idea in own words • Infer (context clue)

  6. What is a thesis? Is it the same as a main idea? Similar to the main idea because it is the who what??? Of the entire reading (chapter, article, short story, passage, etc.) Again it is the topic and the controlling thought

  7. How do you annotate and highlight? SQ2RW Write questions down in margins Do not highlight entire sentences or paragraphs Highlight answers to your questions

  8. How to write a summary? What makes up a summary? Paragraph length Thesis Main idea

  9. What is a personal response? How do you write one? Incorporating what you are learning with what you already know about Making the information personal & writing what you feel about a subject or topic

  10. How do you write an outline? you have to know the thesis and the main ideas Refer to my wiki page

  11. Bibliography Jimenez, Linda, and Hilda Moreno. The Only Book You Will Actually Read in College. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt, 2010. 13-16, 29-31. Print.

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