What are supporting details?
Authors use details to illustrate and explain their main ideas. Unlike topics or main ideas, which are more general in nature, details consist of facts, examples, and other specific information.
Major Supporting Details
Major supporting details provide support for the main idea of a reading. They are commonly presented in the form of examples, illustrations, explanations, definitions, facts, or opinions, and they typically answer who? what? when? how? or why? question about the main idea.
Minor Supporting DetailsMinor supporting details are intended to clarify and enhance the major supporting details and are not usually considered as important. However, some of them are significant and useful to remember.
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