Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Main Idea
Main Idea
Subject or Topic
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What the author says
about the subject or topic
(supporting details)
______________________
= The Main Idea
Supporting Details
What the author says about the subject
Reasons, examples, other kinds of evidence
Main Idea
Tips for Finding the Subject
Look at the title or the heading.
sentence.
2. In the end, maybe the last sentence.