In understanding the concept of a "main idea," it is useful to distinguish between the following terms: topic, main idea, theme, topic sentence, and purpose.
The topic of a text is the subject, or what the text is about. A topic can be expressed as a noun or a noun phrase. Some examples of topics include recycling, mammals, trees of New England, and names.
An idea is what you say about a topic. Ideas, including the main idea, are expressed as sentences. If someone asks you to identify the main idea of a passage and you respond with a single word, you haven't said enough; you've probably just identified the topic. Some examples of main ideas include:
A theme is an idea that is repeated throughout a text or collection of texts. For example, "the importance of family in shaping identity" is a theme that can be found throughout literature.
A topic sentence is the term used to identify the sentence in a paragraph that contains the main idea.
1. The main idea is the central point the author tries to
make.
2. Main idea tells what a story is mostly about.
3. When looking for main idea we must think of what FINALLY happened in the story.
1. The thumb stands for who.
2. The who of a story is very important, without knowing who the story is about we can’t find the main idea.
3. The pointer finger stands for did what.
4. What did the main character finally do?
5. The middle finger stands for where.
6. Where did the main character do it?
7. The ring finger stands for when.
8. When did the main character do it?
9. The pinky stands for why.
10. Why did the main character do it?
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