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  • Reading Resources: Main Idea
    This Web page contains a list of suggestions for finding the main idea along with exercises for finding the main idea in paragraphs. An answer key is provided at the bottom of the page.

  • Finding the Main Idea
    Explanations along with interactive exercises are given for finding the main idea.

  • Finding the Main Idea in Paragraphs
    Explanations are given for finding the main ideas in paragraphs along with rules for finding the topic sentence of a paragraph. Interactive practice exercises are provided.

  • Reading Skills Tutorials
    Interactive quizzes are available on this site to practice finding the topic, the main idea, and the implied main idea in paragraphs.

  • How do you find a main idea?
    This site provides explanations and interactive exercises for locating the main idea in paragraphs. It covers the main ideas as the first sentence, main idea as the last sentence, main idea as a middle sentence, etc.



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