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Key Details
DEFINITION: Key Details are the important statements in a passage that support the main idea HOW TO: Example: “Jack loved the Summer season. He loved the warm air. He loved the playing in the pool with his friends. He loved the family vacations his family would go on during this part of the year. His birthday was also in july” The main idea = “Jack loved the Summer season.” The other sentences are the Key details that support this main idea. Everyday Use: Key details are used every day in reading and writing
Main Idea
Definition: A main idea is important information that tells more about the overall idea of a paragraph or section of a text. Everyday Use: If your doing anything that involves finding information that tells about an overall idea, then you are using main idea. For example, when you are trying to give a book, song or poem a title you are looking for information that perfectly describes the overall theme. This is called using Main Idea.
Point of View
the position of the narrator in relation to the story, as indicated by the narrator's outlook from which the events are depicted and by the attitude toward the characters. HOW TO: Here are examples of the 3 major kinds of Point Of View 1. First person point of view involves the use of either of the two pronouns “I” and “we”. “I fell because I did not tie my shoe.” 2. Second person point of view employs the pronoun “you”. “You should try Papa John’s Pizza.” 3. Third person point of view uses pronouns like “he”, “she”, “it”, “they” or a name. “Coach Nisbett is the best psychology teacher ever.” Everyday Use: Point of View is used every day in the stories we tell, books we read and in movies and TV.