1. STEP #3 Supporting Details
Mrs. Elizabeth Coiman-Lopez, BAT., MS.
Houston Community College – Fall 2018

2. It is the EXTRA information that is needed to make sense of a main idea.
Reasons, examples, facts, steps, or other kinds of evidence that explain a main idea.
PRACTICE: p. 104
Find the 3 major details supporting the main idea that many people are strangely passive when they visit a doctor. What do the fail to do?
People fail…
DEFINITION P

3. UNDERSTANDING MAJOR & MINOR DETAILS P. 105
MAJOR DETAILS:
Explain and develop the main idea.
They are supported by minor details.
They are more general.
MINOR DETAILS:
Help fill out and make clear the major details.
They are more specific.
UNDERSTANDING MAJOR & MINOR DETAILS P. 105

4. UNDERSTANDING MAJOR & MINOR DETAILS P. 105
PRACTICE: p. 105
After reading the paragraph, the two major details:
Two major details are the two ways to relate to people
in our lives.
1. to see people as objects: store salesperson, waiter, teacher
Get something from them but not concerned about their feelings
2. to see them as subjects: British woman and her gardener
Be aware that they have feelings as us
NOTE: Major Details are more general than the minor ones.
UNDERSTANDING MAJOR & MINOR DETAILS P. 105

5. You can see clearly the relationship between the main idea
and he supporting details.
Starts with the main idea.
Followed by major supporting details.
Sometimes will have minor supporting details.
PRACTICE: p. 106
Identify the three major supporting details
Identify the minor details
Outlining P. 106

6. TIP 1:
Look for words that tell you a list of details is coming
List of Words:
several kinds of various causes a few reasons
a number of a series of three factors
four steps among the results several advantages
EXAMPLE: p. 107
-Studies reveal several reasons why some children become bullies.
-There are two ways to relate to people in our lives.
OUTLINING TIPS P. 107

7. TIP 2:
Look for words that signal major details (ADDITION WORDS):
List of Addition Words:
ONE TO BEGIN WITH ALSO FURTHER
FIRST (OF ALL) FOR ONE THING IN ADDITION FURTHERMORE
SECOND(LY) OTHER NEXT LAST (OF ALL)
THIRD(LY) ANOTHER MOREOVER FINAL (LY)
EXAMPLE: P. 108
The word ONE signals the first major supporting detail.
Addition Word: ANOTHER signals the second major supporting detail.
Addition Word: FINALLY signals the third major supporting detail.
OUTLINING TIPS P. 108

8. TIP 3:
When making an outline, put all supporting details of equal importance at the same
distance from the left margin.
Major supporting details all begin at the same point on the margin
Minor supporting details are indented at the same distance from the margin
Can see at a glance the main idea, major and minor details
For example:
MAIN IDEA
❶ Major detail
_____ minor detail
____ _minor detail
❷ Major detail
❸ Major detail
PRACTICE p
OUTLINING TIPS P. 109

9. Visual outlines in which circles, boxes, or other shapes show the
relationships between main ideas and supporting details.
2. Major details are connected to the main idea.
3. Minor details are connected to the major details.
Practice: p
Four strategies for starting a conversation__
___
Several factors interfere with memory
_______
MAPPING P. 111

10. It’s a reduction of a large amount of information to its most important points.
Length depends on one’s purpose and the material.
It has a main idea and major supporting details.
GENERAL GUIDELINES:
A paragraph: reduced to one or two sentences.
An article: reduced to a paragraph.
A textbook chapter: reduced to three pages of notes.
PRACTICE: p, Summarize examples of key terms. Read paragraph…
TWO STEPS:
SELECT: only one example to make it clear.
CONDENSE: make the example smaller.
When studying a chapter:
Write the DEFINITIONS with summarized examples of the definitions.
Write the list of major supporting details and important minor details.
Study notes should clearly show how an example illustrates a definition.
Summarizing P