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What are the 2 steps of finding a main idea?

1. Identify the topic 2. Ask ourselves "what is the author trying to tell us about this topic?"

Helps the reader know words are important to the topic.

Bold Words

What text structure is this: Describes something.

Description

Tells where to find certain topics in a book or text.

Table of content

This shows where things are in the world.

A map

Provides the definition of important words throughout a book.

Glossary

Where are Table of Contents loated?

Front of book

Why is this NOT a good main idea: Axolotls have 2 fins.

It is too specific. It is a fact, not a main idea.

What is a main idea?

The main focus- what the author wants us to know about the topic.

This describes an image.

caption

This is the topic of a specific paragraph or group of paragraphs.

Heading

Give an example of a cause and an effect.

Answers may vary.

Glossaries are located where?

In the back of books.

What text structure is this: Tells about something that is wrong and possible ways to fix it.

Problem and Solution

Topic of a smaller section under a heading.

Subheading

Give an example of a problem and solution you might read about.

Answers will vary.

True or False: Main ideas are written in 2 sentences.

False

This is the label for what the whole text is about.

Title

What text structure is this: Text tells what happened and why it happened.

Cause and Effect

This tells where things are on an object.

Diagram