Workshop+1+Terms+for+Main+Idea+and+Details

Terms for Main Idea/Details Topic: what a text is mostly about

Main Idea: the most important point in a text

Supporting Detail: information that tells more about the main idea

Summary: a short statement of the main idea and it supporting details in your own words

Sentence starters: I think the topic is because.

 The author focuses on _.

This passage is mostly about.

 This detail supports the main idea because _.

This detail is not important because.

Another supporting detail is _ because.