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Identifying Main Idea

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  • There are a variety of types of bird beaks. each type of beak helps a bird obtain its food. A short, hooked beak is useful for birds of prey. This type of beak is sharp and enables a bird to catch prey. What's the main idea of the paragraph
    Beaks are short and hooked.
    The beak of the bird is sharp.
    Bird Beaks
    The beak is important for survival.
  • What is a main idea?
    another way to say implicit main idea
    the topic of the text - usually one or two words
    the central or most important idea about a topic
    reader can always underline it
  • True or False - The main idea is always a sentence found in the text
    False
  • What is one way you can find the main idea?
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