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Opening Doors: Understanding College Reading, 3/e
Joe Cortina, Richland College
Janet Elder, Richland College
Determining the Topic and the Stated Main Idea

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Topic:    Word, name, or phrase that tells who or what the author is writing about. The topic is also known as the subject, or subject matter.
Stated main idea sentence:  The sentence in a paragraph that contains both the topic and the author's single most important point about this topic. A stated main idea sentence is also known as the topic sentence.








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