Main Idea by Fabio Borja https://padlet.com/fabioborja1799/seitlifhbspk en-us 2016-11-07 15:53:58 UTC 2016-11-07 16:13:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Dootheets.png WHAT IS A MAIN IDEA fabioborja1799 https://padlet.com/fabioborja1799/seitlifhbspk/wish/135821280 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. |
  | The other sentences in the paragraph are called details. Details describe or explain the main idea.]]> 2016-11-07 16:00:21 UTC https://padlet.com/fabioborja1799/seitlifhbspk/wish/135821280 How Can I Locate the Main Idea? fabioborja1799 https://padlet.com/fabioborja1799/seitlifhbspk/wish/135821774
Once you can find the topic, you are ready to find the main idea. The main idea is the point of the paragraph. It is the most important thought about the topic.

To figure out the main idea, ask yourself this question: What is being said about the person, thing, or idea (the topic)?

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In this paragraph:   
  • the topic is West Beach
  • the main idea (what the writer is saying about the topic) is that summer is a wonderful time at West Beach

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