What do supporting details do?

Answer 1

The definition of supporting details is to give more information about the topic and or details or information that backs up an sentence. For example, you might make a 'conclusion' or determination that a book character "was depressed". The supporting details might be that this character:

• held a picture of the deceased spouse
• cried all the time
• withdrew and refused visitors
• moped around
• stayed in their room
• refused to eat.

We often make assumptions or determinations when we read, but we must be able to state why we made these conclusions about a character. An author shows rather than tells a conclusion--we must also show how we make our determinations based on what the author showed--or did not show.

Answer 2

Supporting details are used to explain and support the main idea of a sentence, paragraph, essay, or even story. An idea with no supporting details is just that, an idea. The details make the idea something that is worth looking into or worth pursuing.

Answer 3

The supportibd details support the main idea

Answer 4

It may be necessary to read through a text more than once to identify the details that support or develop the main idea. NovaNet:)

Answer 5

My teacher told us that when we do our sentences to use a lot of supproting detail in it.

Answer 6

Main idea