Question

Which is true about supporting details in a text?

It is simplest to identify the main idea and all supporting details the first time you read through a text.


Supporting details are not found in expository texts.


Main ideas are explained and developed with supporting details.


Narrative texts have supporting details but no main ideas

Answer 1

main ideas are explained and developed with supporting details.

Answer 2

Main ideas are explained and devoloped with supporting details.

Supporting details give readers supporting facts, details, and examples to support a main idea, or a point that the author wants to get across. Main ideas are not effective without supporting details. You can not have supporting details without a main idea to support.