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Opening Doors: Understanding College Reading, 3/e
Joe Cortina, Richland College
Janet Elder, Richland College
Identifying Supporting Details

Chapter Outline

Skills
Supporting Details in Paragraphs
What are Supporting Details?
Why are Supporting Details Important?
Identifying and Listing Supporting Details
Major and Minor Details and How to Tell the Difference
A Word about Standardized Reading Tests: Supporting Details

Creating Your Summary
Developing Chapter Review Cards

Readings
"Benjamin Franklin" by Mary L. Sherk (Newspaper article)
"Communication Close-Up at Ben and Jerry’s Homemade" by Courtland Bovee and John Thill(Business)
From A Beginner’s Guide to the World Economy by Randy Charles Epping (Economics)








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