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Opening Doors: Understanding College Reading, 3/e
Joe Cortina, Richland College
Janet Elder, Richland College
Formulating Implied Main Ideas

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Implied main idea:    A sentence formulated by the reader that expresses the author's main point about the topic. An implied main idea is also known as an unstated main idea, an indirectly stated main idea, and the formulated main idea.








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