How to Find the Main Idea of a Paragraph An important part of developing reading comprehension is identifying the main idea of a paragraph or passage. The main idea states the author ’s overall purpose for writing. Identifying the main idea and restating it in your own words develops skills of comprehension and analysis. Though there are several techniques for identifying the main idea of a reading selection‚ some general guidelines and strategies for both reading and checking your decision can
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My 3 highest scores are: Information Processing (85)‚ Study Aids (95)‚ and Time Management (60).The 3 areas I scored the lowest on are: Attitude (5)‚ Motivation (5)‚ and Selecting Main Ideas (20). I’m going to work more on my attitude‚ because it’s important to me that I graduate and get the degree in the career that I want to purse‚ so that I can prove to all the people who told me that I wouldn’t be nothing‚ or had doubt in me‚ because my parents didn’t finish High School‚ nor graduated. Motivation
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Peer Pressure: It is Extremely Detrimental Have you ever been pressured into doing something you did not want to do? This is peer pressure which is a strong social influence over peers that each member attempts to conform to the expectations of the group (dictionary.com). In peer pressure‚ there are usually consequences that could be destructive for the pressured individual (Kreske‚ 2008). It is very common for children to experience peer pressure during youth even in adulthood. There are some
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The main ideas in the 20 pages talk about who is Winston Smith . Winston Smith was thirty-nine years old‚ and had a varicose ulcer above his right ankle. He lived in Victory Mansions. He worked at a kilomentor away the Ministry of Truth. There are four apartment such as Minitrue‚ Minipax‚ Minlur‚ and Miniplenty. Precisely‚ the Ministry of love was the really frightening one because there are gorilla-faced guards. Also‚ Winston wrote the diary about the movie he watched. After that he thought about
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Introduction: The main idea of a multiple regression analysis is to understand the relationship between several independent variables and a single dependent variable. (Lind‚ 2004) A model of the relationship is hypothesized‚ and estimates of the parameter values are used to develop an estimated regression equation.(abyss.uoregon.edu) The multiple regression equation used to describe the relationship is: Y’ = a + b1X1 + b2X2 + b3X3 + . + bkXk. It is used to estimate Y given selected X values
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scientism in the Industrial Revolution. This novel is written by one of the most prominent figures in the English literature Mary Shelley. The origin of Frankenstein is almost as mysterious and exciting as the novel itself. Mary Shelley came up with the idea to write her novel in Switzerland‚ Frankenstein was published two years later in 1818. It all began back in the summer of 1816 at the famed Villa Diodati on the shores of Lake Geneva‚ Switzerland. Mary Shelley spent most of that summer together with
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exposed to peer influence‚ but the kinds of peer influence that they encounter have changed tremendously in the past years. Peers can influence everything from whether or not a student engages in academics or other things. This is an important topic because if society and education related professionals understand the issues surrounding negative peer influence‚ they are more likely to prevent it and be more adequately prepared to help a teenager facing positive and negative aspects of peer pressure.
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people’s morals include helping the poor? Andrew Carnegie wrote the essay “The Gospel of Wealth.” The introduction announces Carnegie’s main idea‚ “His proposal is that such men should give their wealth back to the community for its benefit in the form of institutions that would contribute to “the improvement of the race‚” (p. 342). Many people agree with Carnegie’s idea. Why should the rich not spread their wealth to help others for the positive? Poverty is a sad‚ harsh‚ and heartbreaking issue in America
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Arthur Miller ’s play‚ "The Crucible‚" is a great example of people and their struggle with peer pressure. The play takes place in the town of Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ a small puritan community based on a very harsh system of truthfulness. When Reverend Parris discovers some of the girls dancing in the forest around a cauldron‚ he suspects something is going on. Rumors start to go around town speaking of witchcraft. These witchcraft rumors finally create the ultimate black cloud over Salem‚ affecting
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Both of these amazing stories were written by George Orwell about peer pressure. The animals on the farm that weren’t pigs and George Orwell were peer-pressured into something they didn’t want to do‚ but they had to do it or else it can result in pain they don’t want to experiences‚ could be either mentally‚ physically‚ or even verbally. It was whether killing an innocent elephant or doing something they didn’t want to do. The animals were being controlled by Napoleon to do his work like puppets
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