Main idea of a paragraph tells the topic of the paragraph. The topic tells what all or most of the sentences are about.
Examples:
The rain forest is home to many creatures. Monkeys, toucans and macaws live in the rain forest. Blue Morpho butterflies and anteaters also live in the rain forest.
Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer. Soccer players learn how to dribble and pass the ball. They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score. Most importantly, soccer players learn how to work together with their teammates.
*main idea
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| An example of main idea and the elaborations. |
As usual, Miss Zu divided us into several group and we played a game. She showed us three videos and we need to find the main idea in each video.
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