Chapter 3 : Topic, Stated Main Idea and Implied Main Idea

 Chapter 3



1. Topic

  •  the definition : the general subject of a reading passage or text. It is usually written using a word, phrase or name in each paragraph.
- Identifying the topic helps readers to understand what the paragraph is all about.
- After identifying the topic, readers should be able to locate the author's main idea in each paragraph of the text.

2. Stated Main idea

  • the meaning : the most important point of the topic, while the implied main idea is not clearly or directly stated in any one sentence in the paragraph. 
- After the topic of a paragraph has been identified, readers are now ready to locate the stated main idea. The stated main idea is a complete sentence that describes the author's overall purpose for writing the paragraph. 

3. Implied Main idea

  • Implied main idea is not clearly or directly stated in any one sentence in a paragraph. As discussed earlier, it is only suggested or inferred by the author. 
- Readers have to read the entire paragraph and examine individual details to see how they relate to the common thread. 
- Since the readers have to formulate the implied main idea, re-reading and summarising the gist of the paragraph are both helpful at this stage of the process. 
- Furthermore, the implied main idea must be written in a single sentence and should only contain the author's most significant point. 

✅Summary of this topic :
  • In a reading passage or text, the topic, stated main idea and implied main idea are closely related.
  • The stated main idea can be found directly in the paragraph and comes in the form of a complete sentence. it might appear at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of the paragraph. 
  • Lastly, implied main idea is what the author is suggesting without stating it explicitly. Readers are supposed to formulate their own sentences to express the author's main point. 

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