Reading Comprehension

Reading for gist (the main idea) and the information :

• The general ideais the topic of the text which is discussed generally for the whole paragraph.


• The topic sentence of a paragraph contains the main idea.
  The main idea can be the first sentences of a paragraph or in the last sentence of a paragraph, or somewhere in the middle of paragraph or stated implicitly.


• The specific information is the information which is stated explicitly in the text.


• The detailed information is the information which is given in detail to support the main idea in the text.