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SAT Reading and Writing›Unit 1: Information and Ideas›Information and Ideas

Central Ideas and Details

Identify a text's main point and the details that support it.

Main idea vs. details
Paraphrasing
Eliminating too-broad answers

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Central Ideas and Details
Command of Evidence: Textual
Command of Evidence: Quantitative
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