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Opening Doors: Understanding College Reading, 3/e
Joe Cortina, Richland College
Janet Elder, Richland College

Formulating Implied Main Ideas

Chapter Outline

Skills
Recognizing Implied Main Ideas in Paragraphs
Formulating an Implied Main Idea
How to Use Information in a Paragraph to Formulate the Main Idea
Requirements for Correctly Formulated Main Idea Sentences
A Word about Standardized Reading Tests: Implied Main Ideas

Creating Your Summary
Developing Chapter Review Cards

Readings
"Laugh Your Stress Away" by Stephen Lally (Magazine article)
"The Changing Roles of Men and Women" by Merrill McLoughlin and others (Sociology)
"Demography" by Richard J. Gelles and Ann Levine (Sociology)