Supporting Details

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Supporting Details

• Barbara Doyle
• Arkansas State University

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Supporting Details

• Finding Primary and Secondary Supporting Details

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Supporting Details
Supporting details are facts, reasons, examples,
or testimonies that are given to support the main
idea of a selection. Detail sentences are
classified as either primary (major) supporting
details or secondary (minor) supporting details.
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Primary Supporting Details
Primary supporting details are sentences that
directly support the main idea of the selection.
These sentences provide facts, examples, reasons
or testimonies that directly support the point
being made about the topic.
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Secondary Supporting Details
Secondary supporting details are sentences that
further expand one of the primary supporting
details sentences. A secondary supporting detail
DOES NOT HAVE A DIRECT relationship with the main
idea, but rather is included in the passage to
expand an idea presented in the primary
supporting detail. A secondary supporting detail
is a fact, reason, example or testimonial that
expands an idea presented in the primary
supporting detail sentences.
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Example One
Whether jaunting away for a quiet romantic
weekend or resting after a long business day, a
hotel is home away from home for overnight
journeyers. Hotels can be classified into
three categories with different categories
appealing to different travelers. The commercial
hotel is usually preferred by the business
traveler for overnight business trips. These
hotels are often located near airports and
downtown areas in large cities. They usually
have banquet and convention facilities as well
as an array of restaurants and shops. Commercial
hotels typically offer recreational activities
such as, gymnasiums and swimming pools for
relaxation.


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Example One Main Idea
Whether jaunting away for a quiet romantic
weekend or resting after a long business day, a
hotel is home away from home for overnight
journeyers. Hotels can be classified into
three categories with different categories
appealing to different travelers. The commercial
hotel is usually preferred by the business
traveler for overnight business trips. These
hotels are often located near airports and
downtown areas in large cities. They usually
have banquet and convention facilities as well
as an array of restaurants and shops. Commercial
hotels typically offer recreational activities
such as, gymnasiums and swimming pools for
relaxation.


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Example One Primary Supporting Details
Whether jaunting away for a quiet romantic
weekend or resting after a long business day, a
hotel is home away from home for overnight
journeyers. Hotels can be classified into
three categories with different categories
appealing to different travelers. The commercial
hotel is usually preferred by the business
traveler for overnight business trips. These
hotels are often located near airports and
downtown areas in large cities. They usually
have banquet and convention facilities as well
as an array of restaurants and shops. Commercial
hotels typically offer recreational activities
such as, gymnasiums and swimming pools for
relaxation.


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Example One Secondary Supporting Details
Whether jaunting away for a quiet romantic
weekend or resting after a long business day, a
hotel is home away from home for overnight
journeyers. Hotels can be classified into
three categories with different categories
appealing to different travelers. The commercial
hotel is usually preferred by the business
traveler for overnight business trips. These
hotels are often located near airports and
downtown areas in large cities. They usually
have banquet and convention facilities as well
as an array of restaurants and shops. Commercial
hotels typically offer recreational activities
such as, gymnasiums and swimming pools for
relaxation.


Continue on
next slide
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Example One
Whether jaunting away for a quiet romantic
weekend or resting after a long business day, a
hotel is home away from home for overnight
journeyers. Hotels can be classified into three
categories with different categories appealing to
different travelers. The commercial hotel is
usually preferred by the business traveler for
overnight business trips. These hotels are often
located near airports and downtown areas in large
cities. They usually have banquet and convention
facilities as well as an array of restaurants and
shops. Commercial hotels typically offer
recreational activities such as, gymnasiums and
swimming pools for relaxation. Continue on next
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Outline of Example One

• Main Idea Hotels can be classified into three
  categories with different categories appealing to
  different travelers.
• Commercial hotels appeal to business travelers.
• A. located near airports and downtown
  areas
• B. have banquet and convention
  facilities
• C. have an array of restaurants and
  shops
• D. offer recreational activities
• Resort hotels appeal to vacationers.
• A. offer more recreational activities
  than commercial hotels
• B. visitors stay for a weekend up to
  several weeks

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Example Two
Which vegetables are most nutritionally sound,
frozen or fresh? Many people would answer that
fresh vegetables are the best. The fact is
frozen vegetables can be superior for several
reasons. Time plays a significant factor in
nutritional value. For this reason, fresh or
canned vegetables often lose valuable nutrients
while being shipped from the farm to the market
or cannery. Frozen vegetables are frozen
immediately after being picked and thus retain
their nutrients. Frozen vegetables lend
themselves well to steam preparation. This type
of cooking retains important nutrients within the
vegetables. Finally, frozen vegetables are
clearly labeled with nutritional information.
Fresh vegetables on the other hand carry no type
of labeling.
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Example Two Main Idea
Which vegetables are most nutritionally sound,
frozen or fresh? Many people would answer that
fresh vegetables are the best. The fact is
frozen vegetables can be superior for
several reasons. Time plays a significant factor
in nutritional value. For this reason, fresh or
canned vegetables often lose valuable nutrients
while being shipped from the farm to the market
or cannery. Frozen vegetables are frozen
immediately after being picked and thus retain
their nutrients. Frozen vegetables lend
themselves well to steam preparation. This type
of cooking retains important nutrients within the
vegetables. Finally, frozen vegetables are
clearly labeled with nutritional information.
Fresh vegetables on the other hand carry no type
of labeling.
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Example Two Primary Supporting Details
Which vegetables are most nutritionally sound,
frozen or fresh? Many people would answer that
fresh vegetables are the best. The fact is
frozen vegetables can be superior for several
reasons. Time plays a significant factor in
nutritional value. For this reason, fresh or
canned vegetables often lose valuable nutrients
while being shipped from the farm to the market
or cannery. Frozen vegetables are frozen
immediately after being picked and thus retain
their nutrients. Frozen vegetables lend
themselves well to steam preparation. This type
of cooking retains important nutrients within the
vegetables. Finally, frozen vegetables are
clearly labeled with nutritional information.
Fresh vegetables on the other hand carry no type
of labeling.
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Example Two Secondary Supporting Details
Which vegetables are most nutritionally sound,
frozen or fresh? Many people would answer that
fresh vegetables are the best. The fact is
frozen vegetables can be superior for several
reasons. Time plays a significant factor in
nutritional value. For this reason, fresh or
canned vegetables often lose valuable nutrients
while being shipped from the farm to the market
or cannery. Frozen vegetables are frozen
immediately after being picked and thus retain
their nutrients. Frozen vegetables lend
themselves well to steam preparation. This type
of cooking retains important nutrients within
the vegetables. Finally, frozen vegetables are
clearly labeled with nutritional information.
Fresh vegetables on the other hand carry no type
of labeling.
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Outline of Example Two

• The fact is frozen vegetables can be superior for
  several reasons.
• Frozen vegetables are frozen immediately after
  being picked
• and thus retain their nutrients.
• A. time plays a significant role in
  nutritional value.
• B. fresh and canned vegetables lose
  nutrients in shipping.
• Frozen vegetables can be steam prepared.
• A. steam preparation retains nutrients in
  the vegetables.
• Frozen vegetables are labeled.
• A. fresh vegetables carry no labeling.

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Example Three
The oil crisis of the 1970s made Americans
realize the need for alternative fuel sources.
While many alternatives have been proposed,
Carroll Buckner has developed an alternative
which has several advantages. Mr. Buckners corn
burning stove is economical. Anyone could grow
their own fuel simply by planting a corn crop.
Even if the corn must be purchased from a
supplier, it is usually inexpensive. Second, the
emissions from the burning corn are nonpolluting.
Finally, the growth in the corn industry brought
about by an increased demand would add jobs to
the struggling agricultural economy.
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Example Three Main Idea
The oil crisis of the 1970s made Americans
realize the need for alternative fuel sources.
While many alternatives have been proposed,
Carroll Buckner has developed an alternative
which has several advantages. Mr. Buckners
corn burning stove is economical. Anyone could
grow their own fuel simply by planting a corn
crop. Even if the corn must be purchased from a
supplier, it is usually inexpensive. Second, the
emissions from the burning corn are
nonpolluting. Finally, the growth in the corn
industry brought about by an increased demand
would add jobs to the struggling agricultural
economy.
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Example Three Primary Supporting Details
The oil crisis of the 1970s made Americans
realize the need for alternative fuel sources.
While many alternatives have been proposed,
Carroll Buckner has developed an alternative
which has several advantages. Mr. Buckners corn
burning stove is economical. Anyone could grow
their own fuel simply by planting a corn crop.
Even if the corn must be purchased from a
supplier, it is usually inexpensive. Second, the
emissions from the burning corn are nonpolluting.
Finally, the growth in the corn industry
brought about by an increased demand would add
jobs to the struggling agricultural economy.
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Example Three Secondary Supporting Details
The oil crisis of the 1970s made Americans
realize the need for alternative fuel sources.
While many alternatives have been proposed,
Carroll Buckner has developed an alternative
which has several advantages. Mr. Buckners corn
burning stove is economical. Anyone could grow
their own fuel simply by planting a corn crop.
Even if the corn must be purchased from a
supplier, it is usually inexpensive. Second, the
emissions from the burning corn are nonpolluting.
Finally, the growth in the corn industry brought
about by an increased demand would add jobs to
the struggling agricultural economy.
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Outline of Example Three

• While many alternatives have been proposed,
  Carroll Buckner
• has developed an alternative which has several
  advantages.
• Corn burning stove is economical.
• A. anyone could grow their own fuel.
• B. if you must purchase the corn, it is
  inexpensive.
• Corn burning stove is non-polluting.
• Corn burning stove would add jobs to the
  struggling
• agricultural economy.

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Example Four
Reactions of people to death vary greatly.
However, all people go through specific stages in
dealing with grief after the death of a loved
one. The first stage is disbelief. Often the
person is so severely shocked that he or she is
unable to believe that the loved one is no longer
alive. This disbelief then turns into a second
stage called denial. A person in denial will
often swear that the person lying in the coffin
is breathing. A period of anger usually follows
in the next stage. The person is angry at the
person for dying and leaving him or her, angry at
the medical community for not doing a competent
job, and angry at himself or herself for past
failures against the loved one. It is during
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Example Four Continued
people hit rock bottom and must find some way of
dealing with their grief. Finally, the person
enters a period of acceptance. While the time
necessary for entering this stage of grief varies
from person to person, most people are able to
get to this stage after a few months. During
this stage of acceptance, many people turn to
spiritual guidance and meditation to achieve
inner peace.
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Example Four Main Idea
Reactions of people to death vary greatly.
However, all people go through specific stages
in dealing with grief after the death of a loved
one. The first stage is disbelief. Often the
person is so severely shocked that he or she is
unable to believe that the loved one is no
longer alive. This disbelief then turns into a
second stage called denial. A person in denial
will often swear that the person lying in the
coffin is breathing. A period of anger usually
follows in the next stage. The person is angry
at the person for dying and leaving him or her,
angry at the medical community for not doing a
competent job, and angry at himself or herself
for past failures against the loved one. It is
during this stage that many people
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Example Four Primary Supporting Details
Reactions of people to death vary greatly.
However, all people go through specific stages
in dealing with grief after the death of a loved
one. The first stage is disbelief. Often
the person is so severely shocked that he or she
is unable to believe that the loved one is no
longer alive. This disbelief then turns into a
second stage called denial. A person in denial
will often swear that the person lying in the
coffin is breathing. A period of anger usually
follows in the next stage. The person is angry
at the person for dying and leaving him or her,
angry at the medical community for not doing a
competent job, and angry at himself or herself
for past failures against the loved one. It is
during this stage that many people hit rock
bottom


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Example Four Primary Supporting Details
and must find some way of dealing with their
grief. Finally, the person enters a period of
acceptance. While the time necessary for
entering this stage of grief varies from person
to person, most people are able to get to this
stage after a few months. During this stage of
acceptance, many people turn to spiritual
guidance and meditation to achieve inner peace.
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Example Four Secondary Supporting Details
Reactions of people to death vary greatly.
However, all people go through specific stages
in dealing with grief after the death of a loved
one. The first stage is disbelief. Often the
person is so severely shocked that he or she is
unable to believe that the loved one is no longer
alive. This disbelief then turns into a second
stage called denial. A person in denial will
often swear that the person lying in the coffin
is breathing. A period of anger usually follows
in the next stage. The person is angry at the
person for dying and leaving him or her, angry at
the medical community for not doing a competent
job, and angry at himself or herself for past
failures against the loved one. It is during
this stage that many people hit rock bottom



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Example Four Secondary Supporting Details
and must find some way of dealing with their
grief. Finally, the person enters a period of
acceptance. While the time necessary for
entering this stage of grief varies from person
to person, most people are able to get to this
stage after a few months. During this stage of
acceptance, many people turn to spiritual
guidance and meditation to achieve inner peace.
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Outline of Example Four

• However, all people go through specific stages in
  dealing with grief after the death of a loved
  one.
• The first stage is disbelief.
• A. severely shocked and unable to believe
  person is dead
• The second stage is denial.
• A. often swears that the person in the coffin
  is breathing
• The third stage is anger.
• A. angry at the person who died.
• B. angry at the medical community
• C. angry at himself or herself
• D. hit rock bottom during this stage and
  must learn to cope

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Outline of Example Four

• The final stage is acceptance.
• A. time needed to get to this stages variesB.
  most people get to this stage in a few months
• C. many people turn to spiritual guidance
  and meditation
• during this period.