supporting idea
objective
detail
topic
central idea
paraphrase
summarize
analyze
to examine the parts of something in detail
undistorted by emotion or personal bias
to restate an entire passage from a text in your own words
to state the most important ideas, events, and details in a text in your own words
a fact, a description, an example, or a reason that further explains a key idea
a focused explanation or argument that helps develop the central idea
the subject of a text, usually expressed as a single word or phrase in the form of a noun
the most important point that an author makes about a topic in a text
