Explaining How Details Support A Main Idea Flashcards
What do key points and supporting details provide?
More information about the main idea of a text.
Key points and supporting details provide more information about the main idea of a text.
What do supporting details work to do?
Explain, elaborate, or clarify the main idea of each paragraph of a text.
Supporting details work to explain, elaborate, or clarify the main idea of each paragraph of a text.
What do explanatory details provide?
Evidence and reasoning to support the key points and main idea of each paragraph.
Explanatory details provide evidence and reasoning to support the key points and main idea of each paragraph.
What do elaborative details do?
Explore the key points and main idea of each paragraph in greater depth and explain implications.
Elaborative details explore the key points and main idea of each paragraph in greater depth and explain implications.
What do clarifying details explain?
What the author means when they use specific terms.
Clarifying details explain what the author means when they use specific terms.
What should a summary identify about supporting details?
Which details are most important for providing evidence, clarity, and elaboration about the key points and main idea.
A summary should identify which details are most important for providing evidence, clarity, and elaboration about the key points and main idea.
How to evaluate the importance of a supporting detail?
Answer the questions: ‘Which details explain or develop a key point or the main idea?’ (major details; belong in a summary) and ‘Which details are related to other supporting details?’ (minor details; do not belong in a summary).
To evaluate the importance of a supporting detail, answer these questions: ‘Which details explain or develop a key point or the main idea?’ (major details; belong in a summary) and ‘Which details are related to other supporting details?’ (minor details; do not belong in a summary).
