This video will help you learn how to find the main idea in a passage. After viewing this tutorial, return to the playlist by clicking Tutorials above and view the next tutorial on Implied Main Ideas.
RCC students: If you are viewing this tutorial as part of a Learning Center workshop or for a class, please write your answers to the quiz below on a sheet of paper and turn in.
1. To help decide if a certain sentence is the main idea, ask yourself, "Is this statement _____________ by most or all of the other sentences in the paragraph?"
2. One strategy that will help you find the main idea is to look for the _____________ - the general subject of a selection.
3. When looking for the TOPIC of a selection, it is helpful to look for _____________ words.
4. What question should you ask yourself after you have chosen a main idea?
After completing the quiz, click here to jump to "Finding the Implied Main Idea."
