LECTURE FIVE IMPLIED MAIN IDEA Implied Main Idea Have you ever looked everywhere for something, only to find it sitting right in front of you the whole time? Searching endlessly for something you know is there can be extremely frustrating. This is also true in a situation where you're trying to figure out what someone is talking about. If we have to really try to figure out what people are talking about, it probably means they're using an implied main idea, or the primary point of a sentence or passage that is not clearly stated, but instead dedu details. iced from surrounding Of course, the main idea of a sentence or passage is its primary point or argument. And in everyday tend to state our main wanting anyone to be confused. For instance, primary point is to talk main ideas, and look here, you should be evidence of that fact. We and there to discuss but it's always evident about implied main ideas. Finding an Implied Main Idea Why would we ever need to im People use implied main ideas for all to keeping us on our toes. In fact, you" in the form of what we might call ‘di rambling account from a theoretical Did you know snowboarding st Olympics now! | wonder how Ic though, down at the mall... Although it might I main idea actually keeps them conversation, we ideas clearly, not distracted or this lesson's about —_ implied everywhere you able to find clear might digress here icular details, lat we're talking But how do weRead the passage entirely first. All the details might not make sense immediately, but yo should start to see patterns. For instance, the young teenager appears to be jumping fror one idea to the next; but if we look closely, we can see that snowboards feature Prominently throughout the passage. hypes its place in the Olympic Games; while the third and last imply the difficulties of building a board, and the efficiency of finding one at the mall. Put the details together to find out what the main idea is. We can look at the details together to see that the implied main idea of this teenager's hint-dropping is that he or she wants a snowboard: each detail attempts to add some sort of value to the Sport so that the Parents will finally be convinced to buy the snowboard at the mall. Re-reading the Passage Now that we've seen how to find the implied main idea hidden in plain sight, let's take a EXERCISE 1 Directions: The topic is given for each of these paragraphs, Remember that the topic must n sentence. Read each Paragraph. Then select the answer choice aplied main idea, clers who keep strict control over group members and ons, make the decisions, give ord e hands-off leaders, and democraticTopic: Americans waiting to marry (age at which Americans marry) Are Americans today waiting longer to get married? According to 2003 Census Bureau figures, the answer is yes. The Associated Press reports that one-third of men are stil single when they reach age 34 and that nearly one-quarter of women are still single at that age. Compared with data for 1970, these figures are four times higher. In 1970, the percent of never-married men aged 30-34 was 9 percent; the rate has risen to 33 percent. The percent of never-married women increased from 6 percent to 23 percent. The typical marriage age for men in 2003 was 27.1 years, up from 25.3 in 1970. The typical age for women rose from 20.8 to 23.2. ‘A. Are Americans today waiting longer to get married? B. Men marry at a later age than women do. C. Americans today are waiting longer to get married. D. More men than women are still single at age 34. Topic: results of a survey about teens and money A recent survey revealed some shocking results. Oneiin five teens does not know that if you take out a loan, you must pay interest in addition to repaying the loan. One teen in four has the mistaken notion that financial aid will take care of all their college expenses. And one teen in three thinks that Social Security payments will provide all the money they need when they retire. A. Arecent survey revealed some shocking results: one in five teens does not know that if you take out a loan, you must pay interest in addition to regilifing the loan. B. Teenagers do not know anything about money matters. C. Arecent survey revealed some shocking results about how little understanding teens have about money matters. D. One teen in four has the mistaken notion that financial aid will take care of all their college expenses. And one teen in three thinks that Social Security payments will provide all the money they need when they retire.