What is the main idea in writing?
Review: Inferences, Main Idea, Figurative Language

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The main idea is the central point or message that the author wants to convey in a piece of writing.
2.
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What should support an effective main idea?
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Facts should support an effective main idea.
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What is an inference?
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An inference is a conclusion drawn from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.
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Is 'Frank loves to play tennis' a fact or inference?
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Fact
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What is personification?
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Personification is giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects.
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What does onomatopoeia mean?
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Onomatopoeia refers to words that imitate or sound like what they mean.
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What is a simile?
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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.
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