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Unit2TravellingStudyskills

DetailsPoints

Themainidea,alsocalledthemainpoint,isthemostimportantthoughtaboutatopic.Ittellsthereaderwhatthetextisabout.Itisusuallystatedinonesentence.Detailsorsupportingdetailsarespecificfacts,reasons,examplesorotherkindsofinformationusedtosupportthemainpoints.Atopicinaparagraph,anarticleorotherpassageisageneralsubject.Itcanoftenbeexpressedinasinglewordorphrase.DetailsMajordetailswhichdirectlysupportthemainideaMinordetailswhichdirectlysupportmajordetails

Topics,MainideasandDetails

Topics,mainideasorpoints,anddetailsworktogether.Themainideatellsthewriter’spointaboutthetopic,anditissupportedbydetailsthroughouttheparagraphmuchliketheframeofahousesupportstheroof.

HowtoDeterminetheTopicSmokingcigarettesisnotonlyadisgustingandsmellyhabit,butalsoverybadforyourhealth.Ithasbeenproventocausecancer,lungdisease,andheartdisease,andtoweakenyourimmunesystem.Smokingmakesitalothardertobreathe,whichmeansit’smoredifficulttoplaysportsandgettheexerciseyouneedtostayhealthy.It’salsoharmfulforthosehangingaroundasmoker,becausetheybreathethesmokyair.Eventhoughmostpeopleknowhowbadsmokingisforthem,morethan1,000peopledieeachdayfromitseffect!◆Askyourself“Whoorwhatisthepassageabout?”◆Lookcarefullyatthetitle.Oftenthegeneraltopicisoneofthewordsinthetitle.◆Lookforcluewordsorphrasesthatareusedrepeatedly.Oftenthatwordorphraseisthegeneraltopicofthearticle.

_______________TopicMainpoint/idea?HowtoDeterminetheMainIdea2.Whenstatedintheparagraph,themainideaisexpressedinthetopicsentence.1.AskYourself…Whatisthispassagemostlyabout?Whydidthewriterwritethispassage?3.Ifthemainideaisnotstated,firstfindthetopicandthenlookatallthedetailst