Question

Which statement is true about supporting details in a text?

a. The purpose of supporting details is to support the reader’s curiosity until the main idea is revealed.
b. It may be necessary to read through a text more than once to identify the details that support or develop the main idea.
c. Supporting details should be either facts or expert testimony, but not explanations or definitions.
d. Supporting details in expository texts serve a different purpose than supporting details in narrative text.

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter B. It may be necessary to read through a text more than once to identify the details that support or develop the main idea. The statement is true about supporting details in a text is that it may be necessary to read through a text more than once to identify the details that support or develop the main idea. Supporting details should explain what the main idea is.

Answer 2

The correct answer is B.

A text contains facts and statements that help us understand the topic at hand. To clarify and expand on this main idea, the writer can add supporting details.

Details are divided into major and minor. The major details are the primary points that support the main idea. However, texts often contain minor details as well.

Because of the great amount of detail that can be found in texts, readers may need to read through them more than once to idently all the supporting details that they may contain.