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Lesson 10: Exploring a Paragraph: Main Idea and ...

English 8 Public

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The big idea, or subject, that an author writes about

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A statement the author makes about the topic and what the text is mostly about

main idea

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one or two words

topic

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general subject

topic

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usually given in the title

topic

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a sentence

main idea

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complete and more specific

main idea

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usually found in the text

main idea

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