Main Idea and Supporting Details

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Main idea of a text?

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What the text is mainly about.

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Importance of locating a main idea?

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Helps comprehend a text better.

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Supporting details (concrete details)

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Quotes, facts, examples in the text that support the main idea.

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Main idea of the paragraph: Robots in sumo wrestling contests.

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Robots are being used in sumo wrestling contests.

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Supporting detail of the paragraph about robot sumo wrestling.

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Robot sumo uses robots instead of humans.

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Main idea of the paragraph: Mother gorillas care for their babies by nursing, protecting, and teaching them.

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Mother gorillas do a lot for their babies.

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Supporting detail from the text: Mother gorillas do a lot for their babies. They nurse, protect, and teach them.

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They teach the tiny gorillas how to get along with other gorillas.

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Topic sentence definition

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Always the start of a paragraph, containing its main idea.

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What is a commentary?

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Your own analysis or explanation about any detail in the text.

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Difference between their and there:

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Their: Ownership. There: Location.