Main Idea (Reading)

The main idea of a passage is the thought that is present from the beginning to the end.

In finding the main idea, ask yourself these:

• What idea is common to most of the text?
• What is the idea that relates the parts to the whole?
• What opinion do all the parts support?

Paragraphs usually have 2 types of sentences:

• ------a topic sentence, which contains the main idea, and
• ------one or more detail sentences which support, prove, provide more information, explain, or give examples.

Implied main Idea means Some paragraphs have no topic sentence. This does not mean that there is no main idea in the paragraph. When a paragraph has no topic sentence, the supporting details suggest the main idea.

The main idea is implied, or unstated, which means that you have to figure it out by yourself. 

Miss Zue played some video and we need to find a suitable main idea for each of the movie.

After playing, we learned that we cannot made the main idea in a specific or general main idea. It must be balance.

The answer of the main idea