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📚 Glossary Term

Main Idea

📖
Definition The most important point a text is mostly about.

🧒 In Simple Words

The main idea is the big point the text wants you to understand.

📌 Example

If a text gives many facts about bees helping flowers, the main idea may be that bees help plants.

✏️ Use It in a Sentence

"I used the details to figure out the main idea of the paragraph."

🔗 Related Terms

Supporting DetailComprehensionInformational Text