Identifying the main ideas in a text

In this section you will learn how to identify the main point of a text.

Problems finding the main points in a text

You will examine four short texts and think about why it can sometimes be hard to locate the main point.

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Signalling importance

You will learn to recognise some of the language used to mark importance or a main point.

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Using clues to main points

In this learning object, you will do two short practice exercises on recognising clues and using them to find main points.

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