2 August 2012 : Search for Main Ideas

      How to find main ideas in a full essay paragraph by paragraph.. If I am not mistaken, this activities also included in our final paper. That's why Miss Zu taught it to us today..

      Usually, in an essay, there might have neither direct main ideas nor indirect main ideas or we called it as .implied main idea..

       In order to finding the main idea of a paragraph, you have to identified the author's purpose or understanding vocab words in the context is one of the reading skills you need to master. Besides that, you also can summarize the passage and look for repetition of ideas. When you want to summarize a passage you must ignore the supporting details and examples.


         Here, I provide an exercise for you to practice it and the answer too.. :)
         http://testprep.about.com/od/readingtesttips/l/Main_Idea_Worksheet.pdf

         http://testprep.about.com/od/readingtesttips/l/Main_Idea_Worksheet_Answers.pdf


          An additional exercise plus the answer.. Answer the question first then you can checked it!
          http://testprep.about.com/od/readingtesttips/l/Finding_Main_Idea_2.doc.pdf

          http://testprep.about.com/od/readingtesttips/l/Finding_Main_Idea_2_Answers.doc.pdf


                THE END... Have a nice day!!