Main Idea/Supporting Details

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Main idea: Keep your teeth happy.

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Keep your teeth happy.

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In an essay, details serve a similar function to:

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The evidence an attorney needs to convict a criminal.

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Topic of an essay on healthy eating?

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Healthy foods.

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Supporting details?

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Details that develop the main idea.

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FALSE about the main idea:

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The main idea is always the first sentence of every paragraph.

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Text evidence is:

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A direct quote from a text that supports your idea.

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Theme:

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The deeper meaning of a text, stated directly or indirectly.

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True about Informational texts:

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Provide facts in an organized format.

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Author's Purpose

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The reason for writing the text

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Textual Evidence

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Proof that supports answer choice