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TEAS EXAM STUDY GUIDEThe Main Idea of a Text – correct answer Describes the author's main topic and general perspective on
that topic. It is expressed within and throughout the text.
The reader can recognize the main idea in any text by - correct answer considering the main topic and
how it is addressed throughout the passage.
On this test, you will be asked - correct answer not only to identify the main idea of a text, but to
differentiate it from topic and theme and to summarize it clearly and concisely.
The main idea is closely connected to - correct answer topic sentences and how they are supported in a
text.
Questions about the main idea may - correct answer also deal with finding topic sentences, summarizing
ideas in the text, or finding the supporting details of a text.
In the sections that follow, - determine the distinctions between all these aspects of text and practice
answering questions related to them.
To determine the topic, - correct answer ask yourself what you're reading about.
To determine the main idea, - correct answer ask yourself how the author feels about the topic.
,To identify the main idea, - correct answer first identify the topic
The difference between the main idea and topic is simple, - correct answer The topic is the overall subject
matter of the passage; the main idea is what the author wants to say about that topic.
The main idea covers - correct answer the author's direct perspective about a topic, as distinct from the
theme.
Theme - correct answer Generally true idea that the reader might derive from a text.
Most of the time, - correct answer a fiction text will have a theme, while a nonfiction text will have a
main idea.
In a nonfiction text, - correct answer the author speaks more directly about a topic to the audience-his or
her perspective is more apparent.
Analyzing details the author includes - correct answer and looking for similarities among them guides the
reader to the conclusion. By identifying the supporting details the author's main idea becomes clear.
Summarizing the main idea requires - correct answer focusing on the connection between the different
ideas and how that connection helps the reader draw a conclusion.
,A summary is a - correct answer very brief restatement of the most important parts of an argument or
text.
To build a summary, - correct answer start with the most important idea in a text. To continue building a
longer summary, look for supporting details to add.
Remember that when you summarize, correct answer - your text should be much shorter than the
original.
To build an outline of the text - correct answer as you read, jot down words or phrases that describe the
main idea as you're reading and underline important details.
Part of identifying the main idea is - correct answer understanding the structure of a piece of writing
When looking at a short passage of one or two paragraphs, - correct answer identifying the topic
sentences and summary sentences will quickly tell the reader what the paragraphs are about and what
conclusions the author wants the reader to draw.
Topic sentences and summary sentences function as - correct answer bookends to a paragraph or
passage, telling readers what to think and then keeping the paragraph tightly together.
The topic sentence is - correct answer generally the first sentence or very near the first sentence in the
paragraph. It introduces the reader to the topic by making a general statement about that topic, clearly
and specifically directing the reader to access any previous experiences with that topic.
, The summary sentence of a paragraph on the other hand, - correct answer frequently (but not always!)
comes at the end of a paragraph or passage, because it wraps up all the ideas the passage presents.
The summary sentence - gives the reader an understanding of what the author wants to say about the
topic and what conclusions can be drawn about it.
While the topic sentence acts - as an introduction to the topic, allowing the reader to activate his/her
own ideas and experiences with the topic, the summary statement asks the reader to accept the author's
ideas about that topic.
Finding a summary sentence, - will help to quickly identify the main idea.
Between a topic sentence and a summary sentence, - the rest of a paragraph is built by supporting
details.
Supporting details can - come in many forms; the purpose of the passage dictates the type of information
that will be used to support the main idea.
A persuasive passage may use - specific facts and data, or it may detail specific reasons for the author's
opinion.
An informative passage - will primarily use facts about the topic to support the main idea.
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