Read the passage once without a pen. Then ask: if the author could keep only one sentence, which would it be? That sentence, or the idea behind it, anchors your précis.
Rule: examples support an idea; they are rarely the idea itself.
Foundations · Lesson 2 of 3
Finding the main idea Sample content
Read once for meaning, then mark the sentence that the rest supports.
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What should usually be cut first?
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