Main Idea
What is main idea?
What is a supporting detail?
It provides evidence for the main idea.
Create a topic sentence about winter.
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Use reinvent in a sentence.
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Find the main idea:
Advertising affects our lives every day. Brand names are common household words. We start each day using the toothpaste, soap, and breakfast foods promoted by advertisers. Ads have made the cars we drive signs of our success. Our choices of food, dress, and entertainment are swayed by ads.
Advertising affects our lives every day
Provide a supporting detail for the following topic sentence:
Schools should celebrate birthdays.
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Create a topic sentence about math class WITH one supporting detail.
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Use terrain in a sentence.
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Use cadence in a sentence.
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Find the main idea:
Penicillin is one of the greatest of the wonder drugs. It has saved thousands of lives already and will save many more in the future. Unfortunately, it has no effect at all on most of the ills of mankind. Penicillin is a very good drug, but it is certainly not a cure-all.
Penicillin is one of the greatest of the wonder drugs.
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Penicillin is a very good drug, but it is certainly not a cure-all
Which is NOT a supporting detail?
Yellow can represent friendship and happiness. It makes me feel gloomy. Many children's toys use yellow to attract eyesight.
It makes me feel gloomy.
Create a topic sentence based on the following details:
My favorite exhibit to visit is where you feed the giraffes. The wolves are always playing with each other. You can also feed the hippos.
Going to the zoo is always eventful.
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Use conspire in a sentence.
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Use flanked in a sentence.
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There are great numbers of deer around here. This whole area is a great country for hunters and fishermen. There are bears, mountain lions, and coyotes. To the east, there are streams full of trout, and there are ducks and geese.
This whole area is a great country for hunters and fishermen
Which is NOT a supporting detail?
History is important for everyone to learn. History can teach us about our past. It is boring for some. History helps us learn from past mistakes.
History can be boring for some.
Create a topic sentence about summer school and include two supporting details.
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Use tumult in a sentence.
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Which sentence is the main idea?
Costs were low that year and the output was high. There was a good person for each job and the market remained firm. There were no losses from fire. All in all, it was the best year in the history of the company.
All in all, it was the best year in the history of the company.
Prove three supporting details for the following main idea:
Thanksgiving break should be a week long.
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Provide three supporting details for the following topic sentence:
Jeopardy is a fun game to play.
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Use periodically in a sentence.
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Use bearing in a sentence.
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