| Term | Definition |
| What is an IMI? | To suggest an idea |
| What can you use as clues to find IMI? | You can use details to help your find the IMI |
| Two questions to ask yourself. | Who or what is the author writing about? |
| Two questions to ask yourself. | What is the author trying to say about the person, thing or idea? |
| What is step one? | Read Paragraph |
| What is step two? | Who or what is the author referring most to? |
| What is step three? | Decide: Stated or Implied? |
| What is step four? | If implied, Q: What is the writer saying about the topic? |
| What is step five? | Details: clues |
| How many steps are there? | There are five steps |
| Explain what's a Main Idea | A main idea is a summary of the whole paragraph of sentence |