finding the main idea important facts and supporting details

... main idea of the whole passage. b. It’s the main idea of paragraph 3. c. It’s a supporting idea for the main idea of the whole passage. d. It’s a supporting idea for paragraph 3. 2 . In the passage, ... stand without legs to support it. In writing, those “legs” are the specific facts and ideas that support the main idea. They are the “proof” or “evidence” writers provide to show that their main ... parentheses): Main idea (1) Detail (2) Example (3) Detail (4) Example (5, 6) DISTINGUISHING MAIN IDEAS FROM SUPPORTING IDEAS If you’re not sure whether something is a main idea or supporting idea, ask...

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... together all the ideas in the passage. There- fore, the main idea must be general enough to encompass all the ideas in the passage. Much like a net, it holds everything in the passage together. ... structure and language to get their ideas across. Finding an implied main idea is much like finding a stated main idea. If you recall from Lesson 2, a main idea is defined as an assertion about the subject ... does the statement suggest? 1. Which of the following best summarizes the statement’s main idea? a. There are too many thefts in the garage. b. There are not enough security guards. c. There...

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... be maintained, the USDA needs to understand the differences in the policy environment facing US versus foreign producers, and must take advantage of the unique niche provided by CSREES and the ... and vegetables, rice, grapes and dairy as well. Further expansion is hindered by the limited government support in research and outreach, and by the long and complex marketing chains. The ... Germany, and Dr. William Albrecht of the University of Missouri. Rodale in 1947 founded the Soil and Health Foundation, which eventually became The Rodale Institute; and their Organic Farming and...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 03:20

... xed-broadbandpenetration. ã The worlds top broadband economies are from Europe and Asia and the Pacic. In the Republic of Korea mobile-broadband penetrationexceeds90%. The World in 2011 — ICT Facts and Figures Fixed(wired)-broadbandsubscriptions,2011* ... Mobile-broadband subscriptions have grown 45% annually over the last fouryears and todaytherearetwice as many mobile-broadband as xed- broadband subscriptions. The World in 2011 — ICT Facts ... Video-on-Demand, recommend a minimum speed of 2 Mbit/s. ã Advertisedandrealspeedscandiffersubstantially.Insomecountries,regulatoryauthoritiesmonitor thespeedandqualityofbroadbandservicesandobligeoperatorstoprovideaccuratequality-of-service information...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 01:20

... monitor the performance of the firm, its flow of funds, the adherence to the budget, the expenditures, the income, the cost of sales and other budgetary items. 3. To timely, regularly and duly ... reaction remains to be seen. It is the work of theoreticians of finance. Alas, they are consumed by mutual rubbishing and dogmatic thinking. The few that wander out of the ivory tower and actually ... considered the most accurate measure of risk and, by extension, of return, its flip side. The higher the volatility, the higher the risk - and the reward. That volatility increases in the transition...

Ngày tải lên: 09/03/2014, 02:20

... directly and are therefore often omitted from the analysis. The domestic financial sector is broken down into banks (excluding the central bank where possible), insurance and pension funds, and other ... Background The literature on bond pricing provides an important backdrop for the empirical investigation of demand effects. The reason is that the theoretical grounds for shifts in the investor ... easing or regulatory reforms) and poses the question of the relevance of the investor base in broader terms. On the one hand, the consequence of such an approach is that the empirical results are...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 07:20

... activities during the FACO stage, primarily in the installation of the lift system. The U.S. CTOL has a gun, which the other variants lack. The CV is the least common with the other variants. ... FACO—at the fabrication and assembly stage—as the structures of the aircraft are strengthened for carrier takeoffs and landings. At the FACO level, the CV has some stronger structures, such as landing ... installation/subsystems mate, the remaining systems are installed, and the vertical tails and horizontal stabilisers and main landing gear access doors are also installed. The electrical, hydraulic, and fuel systems...

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... [15,18] and requires the checking and redetermination of most of the resonance assignments of the molecule under investigation according to the standard meth- odology, i.e. going through scalar and ... i.e. at the opened loop D–E, and at the start of strand E [15]. Interestingly, similar deviations are also found in fragment 26–35, i.e. at the end of strand B and at loop B–C, which faces the D–E ... ê 2006 The Authors Journal compilation ê 2006 FEBS 2467 opposite changes of secondary structure are found at the end of strand D and the beginning of strand E, i.e. a further loss in D and a...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 11:20

... mismatch between the assets of these associations and their liabilities. The negative spread between their cost of funds and the yield of their assets - eroded their operating margins. The 1982 Garn-St. ... lackluster and hesitant tentativeness of the current lot. True, the crisis - the result of a speculative bubble - concerned the banking and real estate markets rather than the capital markets. But the ... of the administration and Congress alike. They tackled both the ensuing liquidity crunch and the structural flaws exposed by the crisis with tenacity and skill. Compare this to the lackluster...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 02:20

... in the ceremonies held there. But in the course of time their monotheism began to degenerate. They forgot that their local stones and rituals were merely commemorative and sym- bolic, and they ... than out -and- out idolatry and polytheism. 10 That account is at the centre of the traditional understanding of the relig- ious situation of the Arabs at the time the Prophet was sent to them, but because ... Middle East, and in particular Syria and Iraq. Whatever religious ideas the Arabs brought with them into the lands they conquered, it is likely that it was from the social, political and religious...

Ngày tải lên: 01/06/2014, 10:54

... twice and thrice the regional and global averages; and their U5MR was found to be approximately four and five times the regional and global averages, respectively. This might be attributed to the ... to both the global and EMR averages. In fact, physician density in Lebanon is about twice the nurse density. Qatar is at the other end of the spectrum; its nurse density, the highest in the region, ... lay out the facts on what we know about the HRH for EMR countries; (2) generate and interpret evidence on the relationship between HRH and health status indicators for LMICs and middle and high...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... specific for the different phases of the cell cycle and determine the targets of the kinases. Exit from each phase of the cell cycle occurs on degradation of the bound cyclin. The CDK-cyclin ... attachment to the spindle before the onset of anaphase: that is, one sister kinetochore must become attached to one spindle pole and the other to the opposing pole. However, during the normal ... detects the presence of chromosomes that are not attached to the mitotic spindle via their kinetochores and, in their presence, initiates a cascade that prohibits activation of the APC and thus...

Ngày tải lên: 06/08/2014, 19:21

... 1 Try these questions on the following statements. Read them carefully, and then write F in the blank if the statement is a fact and O if it is an opinion. The answers appear right after the questions. 1. ... you come across today and the rest of the week. Instead of looking them up in a dictionary, try to figure out the meanings of these words from their context. Then, look them up in a dictionary ... All these words share the same root— advers. Only the endings change. – DEFINING VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT– 36 Practice Read the following passages and determine the mean- ing of the words from their...

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