Summary
Author use details to help readers understand their ideas and arguments. Details are specific pieces of information that serve as the " arms and legs" of the main (body) idea. They are usually presented as facts, opinions, examples, illustrations, explanations, or definitions and are frequently discovered by asking questions such as who? what? when? how? or why? about the main ideas. Major details provide support to the main idea in a reading. Minor details clarify major details. If you are able to distinguish between the major and minor supporting details in a reading passage, it means you have understood what you read. If you have trouble doing so, it's an indication you need to get assistance. It is also a warning that you may have difficulty if you are test on the textbook information, even though you have read the materials.
Being able to identify the main ideas and supporting details will help you evaluate what is the most important and determine what you need to remember for tests.
EXERCISE 6e (p.195)
Internet Exercise
1.) Ironic - coincidental; unexpected
2.) Solemn - characterized by dignified or serious formality, as proceedings
3.) Fable - a story about supernatural or extraordinary persons or incidents; legend
4.) Moral - of, pertaining to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical
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