Written nearly 90 years ago, “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald stands as one of American literature’s quintessential novels. Its power resides in the way its evocative prose curls around a central idea. Through all the glitz and glamour, through all the beauty and intrigue, the n...
1What's the Big Idea? The Preamble begins with the phrase, "We the People of the United States..." This immediately declares that the government shall be one of the people, to be led and served by its own citizenry, rather than a detached aristocracy. The introduction also defines the ...
The term “central idea” has been used just as long, but a bit less often, and its use seems even more general. I suspect it has become popular as a synonym for main idea since Baumann’s eye-opening work in the 1980s. Users, perhaps eager to avoid these confusions, employ central ...
The main idea is most often used in literary texts. Its synonym, central idea, applies to informational texts. Therefore, both literary and informational texts have a main idea. Specificity vs generality The main idea always shares specifics from a story while the theme shares generalities. The...
Synonyms: What Is a Synonym? Have you come across the word synonym and not been sure what it means? Or do you have somewhat of an idea of the definition but nothing specific enough to provide an example? If so, this post can help. So let’s get right to it: What is a synonym?
The challenge in teaching first graders to identify a story’s main idea lies in moving them from retelling the entire story. A main idea statement should state only one subject, usually the main character(s) and one verb phrase that describes the story
A synonym for systematic is methodical. Systematic draws on the first sense we highlighted in the previous section: a system as a “method” or “plan.” So, if you do something in a systematic way or do something systematically, you have a method to your madness. You have a plan in ...
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is the focus of the paragraph, and A is the synonym for the main content. And C and D are pieces of information, not the point, and B is the irrelevant. So select A. Here we take the first sentence of the general statement, which we can read in the ...
9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook lexical meaning (redirected fromlexical meanings) Thesaurus Encyclopedia Related to lexical meanings:Lexical definition n (Linguistics) the meaning of a word in relation to the physical world or to abstract concepts...