R 1.1 - Key Ideas and Details

Question 1

Main idea (including some common key words)

Answer 1

• sometimes the **last sentence of the first paragraph (or first paragraph in general or last paragraph) **
• think: what is the overall most important point that the author is trying to make about the topic?
• think: BROAD AND GENERAL
• it is the umbrella, while the supporting details go under it

common key words
* several
* a number of effects
* a series of
* many types of
* some factors

Question 2

Summary

Answer 2

• sometimes the first sentence of the last paragraph
• contains: the main points (including the supporting details), in sequential order, has accurate info

Question 3

Topic sentence (include what is another name for it)

Answer 3

• aka KEY POINT
• first sentence of each paragraph
• it is the main idea of each paragraph
• think: general, broad
• topic can be found in intro paragraph or topic sentence

Question 4

Supporting details (including some key words)

Answer 4

• it is supporting the topic sentence AND MAIN IDEA (so it is in teh same paragraph as the topic sentence)
• THINK: SPECIFIC
• look for paragraph associated with topic sentence, then look at answer choices that are in that paragraph

key words
* one, next, another, first, finally