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| main idea definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | what a piece of writing is mainly about | 41 sets | |
| 2 | central thought or message | 12 sets | |
| 3 | what the story is about | 9 sets | |
| 4 | the author's central thought or chief topic. | 8 sets | |
| 5 | the most important idea expressed in a piece of writing | 6 sets | |
| 6 | what the story is about. | 4 sets | |
| 7 | the main point the author is making about a topic | 4 sets | |
| 8 | the author's most important point, usually found in the topic sentence | 4 sets | |
| 9 | the most important point that a writer wishes to express. | 4 sets | |
| 10 | the main topic of the text | 4 sets | |
| 11 | what the author wants to say about the topic | 4 sets | |
| 12 | the main point of the story/paragraph | 3 sets | |
| 13 | most important idea the writer presents | 3 sets | |
| 14 | this is the author's principal message in a piece of nonfiction writing. | 3 sets | |
| 15 | what a piece of writing is mostly about | 3 sets | |
| 16 | the central thought or message | 3 sets | |
| 17 | the writer's most important point, opinion, or message | 3 sets | |
| 18 | what the story is mainly about | 3 sets | |
| 19 | main point of the story | 3 sets | |
| 20 | theme | 3 sets | |
| 21 | the central idea or point in a piece of writing | 3 sets | |
| 22 | central thought or message. | 3 sets | |
| 23 | most important idea about the topic | 2 sets | |
| 24 | the author's central thoughts; the chief topic of a text expressed or the topic sentence of a paragraph | 2 sets | |
| 25 | the main subject | 2 sets | |
| 26 | overall or core meaning if a passage of writing. | 2 sets | |
| 27 | the most important idea expressed in a piece of writing. | 2 sets | |
| 28 | the most important idea about the topic | 2 sets | |
| 29 | what the story is mostly about | 2 sets | |
| 30 | series of sentences that presents and develops one main idea about a topic. | 2 sets | |
| 31 | what a piece of writing is mostly about. | 2 sets | |
| 32 | the central idea of a story or reading | 2 sets | |
| 33 | the idea of the whole story | 2 sets | |
| 34 | most important idea that is supported by the rest of the passage | 2 sets | |
| 35 | the main idea of a paragraph is what all the sentences are about. | 2 sets | |
| 36 | most important point or thesis | 2 sets | |
| 37 | the central thought of a paragraph | 2 sets | |
| 38 | is the general idea that unifies, or ties together, all the ideas and sentences in a paragraph | 2 sets | |
| 39 | writer's idea about a topic; answers who or what | 2 sets | |
| 40 | the most important message that the author wants you to understand | 1 set | |