| Main Idea | Types of context clues | Examples of Context Clues | Examples of Main Idea | Miscellaneous |
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What is the topic?
This is more broad than the main idea, usually one word
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What are text evidence and background knowledge?
These are two things needed to make an inference
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What is the main idea?
This is what the passage is mostly about
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What is author's purpose?
This is the main reason that an author writes a passage.
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What are the supporting details.
These help you to identify the main idea of the passage
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What is the first paragraph or the last paragraph?
This is one of two places in a passage where the main idea can appear
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