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Supporting Details - Tutor Hints - Palm Beach State College

Supporting Details provide information to clarify, prove, or explain the main idea. These details demonstrate the validity of the main idea. They often list parts, aspects, steps, or examples of the main idea. Or sometimes they may list the causes of it, effects from it, or ways in which it shows itself to be true. There are two types of supporting details: major and minor