being able to pick out the authors main idea is a major step toward understanding college material. topics, and details are different from main ideas, but are used as hints to find main ideas. a topic is a short pharse that summerizes the gerneral idea. details support ideas. when reading question yourself, notice clue words, and categorize the athours points. these are all good strategies you can use to find the main idea. usally the main idea is either the first line or the last line in the reading, but not always.
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