The main idea is the most important idea of a paragraph or work.  It is the main point the author wishes to make.  Sometimes you'll find the main idea in the first or last sentence. Other times you need to find the main idea for yourself.  The author may not come right out and tell you so you have to make inferences to find the implied main idea. The rest of the paragraph gives details about the main idea that explain why. To tell the difference between a main idea and a detail ask yourself: Is this what the whole paragraph is about?  In longer text, a paragraph does not stand by itself. Every paragraph is related to the other paragraphs around it, to the other chapters, or the whole book. In a longer text the main idea can usually be found in the first or last paragraph.

Main Idea

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