Main Ideas and Supporting Details

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Main Ideas and Supporting Details

1. Suggested Abbreviations:
    false: f.                 conclusion: concl.
    scientific: scient.       student: st.
    vocabulary: vocab.       English: Eng.
    translational: transl.   appropriate: appro.
    equivalent: equiv.

2. Listen to these paragraphs. Then write in the space given the main idea and supporting details of each.
(1) main idea:
    supporting details:
    a.
    b.
(2) main idea:
    supporting details:
    a.
    b.
    c.
    d.
(3) main idea:
    supporting details:
    a.
    b.
    c.

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Main Ideas and Supporting Details

1. Suggested Abbreviations:
    false: f.                 conclusion: concl.
    scientific: scient.       student: st.
    vocabulary: vocab.       English: Eng.
    translational: transl.   appropriate: appro.
    equivalent: equiv.

2. Listen to these paragraphs. Then write in the space given the main idea and supporting details of each.
(1) main idea:
    supporting details:
    a.
    b.
(2) main idea:
    supporting details:
    a.
    b.
    c.
    d.
(3) main idea:
    supporting details:
    a.
    b.
    c.