_____1. The key idea is the primary thing the author wants readers to know.

_____2. A supporting detail provides information that supports the topic sentence.

_____3. Writers use supporting details to give readers more information about their topics and main

ideas.

_____4. Summarizing is reading over a text and interpreting it in one’s own words without changing

the meaning of the original text.

_____5. Paraphrasing is a condensed form of the written text in your own words with only the

highlights.
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