Looking For A Topic

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Biomedical Engineering UA 2012
Looking for a Topic

*tools for reading nonfiction
Looking for a Topic

To understand a paragraph, its important to
find the topic
The topic is the idea to which all of the details
the paragraph refer
A topic is usually expressed as a word or
phrase
Can you looking for the topic?

Water is an amazing resource.
Everyone in the world depends upon it.
Every creature needs water to survive.
Without water, we would not last long.
Water makes our world beautiful.
Water is an amazing resource. Everyone in

the world depends upon it. Every creature needs
water to survive. Without water, we would not
last long. Water makes our world beautiful.
Topic = WATER
We could see that the

topic was water because it
was repeated again and again
This is a good way to
help us find a topiclooking
for repeated words or
phrases
Now try this one!

Colonial Williamsburg is a great place to
visit. In Williamsburg, you can see how people
lived in colonial times. There are guides in
costumes who can show you to taverns, shops,
and houses. You can even sample some colonial
food at the restored taverns! One visit to
Williamsburg will make you feel as if you have
been transported to the 1700s.
Colonial Williamsburg is a great place to

visit. In Williamsburg, you can see how people
and houses. You can even sample some
colonial food at the restored taverns! One visit
to Williamsburg will make you feel as if you
have been transported to the 1700s.
Note :
The topic of a paragraph is not
always repeated over and over in
the same way
Sometimes, you need to look
for multiple referentsthat is,
words or phrases that refer to the
same thing
Looking for multiple referents

Here is the Williamsburg paragraph again.
Notice how Williamsburg can be replaced by
other words or phrases:
Colonial Williamsburg is a great place to visit.

In this Virginia town, you can see how people
and houses. You can even sample some colonial
food at the restored taverns! One visit to this
place will make you feel as if you have been
transported to the 1700s.
Williamsburg is referred to in
several different ways
This Virginia town and this
place both refer back to
Williamsburg
The topic is still Williamsburg
Is the first sentence always the main

idea?
What do you think? Talk about it with

your partner!
Think about this

paragraph
Croak,croak,kerplop!Whats that at the

waters edge? It might be a green frog, a creature
thats well-suited for life at the ponds edge. Green
frogs like to live where the land meets the water.
This keeps them safe from predators that live on
the land. When a predator like a snake comes near,
the green frog can quickly leap into the water and
get away. Green frogs can eat animals from both
places, including crayfish, spiders, fish, and even
birds.
That doesnt make sense!

Croak, croak, kerplop! Whats that at the waters
edge?. It might be a green frog, a creature thats wellsuited for life at the ponds edge. Green frogs like to live
where the land meets the water. This keeps them safe
from predators that live on the land. When a predator
like a snake comes near, the green frog can quickly leap
into the water and get away. Green frogs can eat
animals from both places, including crayfish, spiders,
fish, and even birds.
oAs you can see, the first sentence

is not always the main idea
oTo find the main idea, you need
to think about the topic of the
paragraph
oLook at each sentence until you

find the best main idea sentence
What have we learned?

What is the topic of a text?
The topic is the word or phrase that all of the
sentences in a paragraph refer to :
What is a main idea?
The main idea of a paragraph is the topic, plus
a feeling or attitude about the topic
1. Find the topic of the paragraph

2. See if the first sentence states the main
idea
3. If not, check other sentences in the
paragraph
4. Find the sentence that includes the topic
and states a main point about the topic
5. Make sure that the other sentences in the
paragraph relate back to the main idea
Exercise II
River
Hospital
Currency
Track
States
Emotion
Too specific
Too general
Too general
Too specific
Too specific
Too general
Too specific
Too general
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Astriani Hendayanti Irma Suryani (081211731037)

Kirana Nathalie Pramudita (081211733018)

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Biomedical Engineering UA 2012