Main Ideas, Key Details, Summary

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The main idea is what the story is ______________ about.

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mostly

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What is the best question to ask yourself when you are trying to find the main idea?

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What is the author's main point/message in this text?

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Key details give important information to support the main idea.

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True

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What is a key detail?

Back

An important point in the text that can help us find the main idea

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What is the difference between Main Idea and Key Details?

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Main Idea is what the passage is about, and Supporting Details help describe/explain the Main Idea.

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What is a summary?

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a short explanation of a text

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Determine the main idea and key details of a text while condensing information into a short paragraph.

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summarizing

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When would you most likely summarize a book?

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when you want to tell a friend the gist or main ideas of a book

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Which best describes a summary?

Back

Main or most important idea of the text

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What can you summarize?

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anything you read or watch