Supporting Details

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Supporting details are facts or examples that support the main idea.

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Supporting details are facts or examples that support the main idea. Supporting details support the main idea. They give facts and examples.

Key Points

Supporting details support the main idea.

They give facts and examples.

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What are supporting details?

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