This document discusses implied main ideas. An implied main idea is the overall point of a passage that is suggested by the details rather than stated directly. To identify the implied main idea, one should: 1) Read the passage, 2) Identify what the details have in common, 3) Express the common bond among the details in your own words, capturing the author's point about this bond. The document provides examples of identifying implied main ideas in passages.

2. IMPLIED MAIN IDEA
• The main idea of a paragraph is the
point of the passage, minus all the
details.
• An implied main idea is a main idea
that is not stated directly but is strongly
suggested by the supporting details in
the passage.

3. 1. Read the passage of text
2. Ask this question to yourself: "What do each of
the details of the passage have in common?"
3. In your own words, find the common bond
among all the details of the passage and the
author's point about this bond.
4. Compose a short sentence stating the bond and
what the author says about the bond.

4. Topic: How far it is to the Sun (distance to the sun)
How far is it to the Sun? It's so far that it's hard to comprehend. In actual
distance, it's approximately 93 million miles. The distance changes slightly as
the Earth travels around the Sun. Suppose it were possible to take a jetliner
there. Traveling at a little over 550 mph, it would take nearly 20 years to get
there. Even if you could travel at 25,000 mph, it would take five months to
reach the Sun.
a) How far is it to the sun?
b) It's so far to the Sun that it's hard to comprehend.
c) In actual distance, it's approximately 93 million miles to the Sun.
d) It takes a long time to get to the Sun, no matter how you travel.
• The answer is (B)
• Feedback: Examples of flight times are given to illustrate how great the
distance is.

5. Topic: Fiction (definition of)
Novels and short stories are types of fiction. Drama is another
example. Fairy tales and fables are also fiction. It is a type of
narrative writing that comes from the imagination of the
author rather than from history or fact.
a) There are many types of literature.
b) Novels, short stories, drama, fairy tales and fables are
types of fiction.
c) Fiction is a type of narrative writing that comes from the
imagination of the author rather than from history or fact.
d) Novels and short stories are types of fiction.
• The Answer is ( C )
• Feedback: details (examples)