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Pearson

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It is important to find main ideas when reading. Main ideas help readers remember important information.

The main idea of a paragraph tells the topic of the paragraph. The topic tells what all or most of the sentences are about.

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Essays, stories, and books typically have a main idea, which is the primary idea or point that the author is trying to get across to the reader in the complete piece of writing. Main ideas may appear at the beginning of the a paragraph and offers an overview of what follows. However, the main idea may come at the end of a paragraph as a conclusion that offers a summary of information and that introduces the paragraphs to come.

Writing may have more than one topic, but they all tie into the main idea in some way. Topics often provide additional supporting information, major concepts, and minor details for the main idea. These topics also help clarify the main idea and aid in the reader's understanding of the subject matter. Details that support the main idea, but that are not the main idea itself, include

Who is involved in the story

What is happening in the story

When the story takes place

Where the story takes place

The main idea is usually repeated in some form throughout the writing. Such repetition may be inferred or implied rather than clearly stated.

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                  DEFINITION: The main idea is defined as the main point of a speech or piece of writing.

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                  DEFINITION: The main idea is defined as the main point of a speech or piece of writing.