Provide accurate and relevant support for the main points in the text. 0601.3.3

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1. Main Idea and Supporting Details - Quia quiz - don't enter your real name, put one letter or number in each box to go to the quiz
2. Main Idea and Supporting Details Practice Exercises - Read the selection, and then answer the questions that follow.
3. Main Idea and Supporting Details - Look at each of the following five paragraphs and then complete the outline for each paragraph. Notice that words such as first, also, another,and finally often signal each new item of support..
4. Inferring Supporting Details - online activity - Select the supporting detail implied in each passage
5. Power Writing for Paragraphs - simple explanation on writing supporting details and activity [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
6. Techniques for Writing: Using Specific Language - Strike a balance between specific and general language. Interactive exercise.

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