Lab Activity 46: Adding Up Supporting Details

Chapter 10: Implied Main Ideas
Lab Activity 46: Adding Up Supporting Details

Objective
To use supporting details to determine an implied main idea.

Step 2: Compare the answers to Step 1 you wrote in your Lab Manual to these conclusions, which are drawn from the details in your book.

1. It must be snowing.
2. As a driver, you would expect to encounter rain.
3. It is probably the day after Halloween.
4. Since there is only one week left in the semester, David will probably need to repeat the course.
5. The weather forecaster will probably predict snow.

Step 3: Read the details, and then write an implied main idea in the box provided. Your instructor will tell you whether to write your answer in your book or to submit it online.

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Jellyfish thrive best in a warm, salty environment.

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Jellyfish thrive best in a warm, salty environment.

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To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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Archaeologists are people who dig up ancient areas and draw conclusions about people who lived long ago.

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These archaeologists have found a large number of tools and hammers made of jade.

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To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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When female mosquitoes suck blood, they can also pass along malaria, yellow fever, and West Nile virus.

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Although humans and other animals are sometimes infected by mosquitoes, birds most often fall prey to the diseases passed on by mosquitoes.

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To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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Currently, researchers are studying a link between cancer and a chemical reaction that occurs with fried or baked starchy foods cooked at high temperatures.

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French fries and potato chips are starchy foods that are often fried or baked at high temperatures.

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To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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The peanut is used for foods such as peanut butter and cooking oil.

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Peanuts are an ingredient in dynamite.

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To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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