What are examples of central ideas?
Central Idea
- The central idea is the “big point” or the most important idea that the writer is communicating to the reader.
- Often the reader can find the central idea just by looking at the title.
- For example, a passage titled: “Why Students Should Have Less Homework” will include reasons for that idea.
How do you find the central idea?
Finding the main idea
- at the beginning of paragraphs. The first sentence often explains the subject being discussed in the passage.
- in the concluding sentences of a paragraph. The main idea can be expressed as a summation of the information in the paragraph as well as a link to the information in the next paragraph.
