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Relevant detail
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A detail that helps develop the passage's exact central idea or claim.
Reading & WritingChapter 1: Central Ideas and Details
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Relevant vs Irrelevant Details Flashcards
Twenty concise recall cards for Topic 1-4: Relevant vs Irrelevant Details.
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Irrelevant detail
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A detail that does not meaningfully develop the controlling point, even if it is interesting.
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Related vs relevant
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Related shares a topic; relevant performs useful work for the specific point.
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Common functions of relevant details
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Explain, illustrate, specify, qualify, contrast, or show a consequence.
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First relevance step
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State the central idea before judging any detail.
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The because test
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Complete ‘This detail matters because …’ with a direct link to the central idea.
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The removal test
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Remove the detail mentally and ask whether the explanation or development loses useful support.
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Vocabulary-echo trap
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A choice repeats passage nouns but does not preserve the important relationship.
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Interesting-fact trap
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Novelty or specificity does not automatically make a detail relevant.
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Setting-only detail
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A fact about where or when something happened may be irrelevant unless setting shapes the point.
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Relevant contrast
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A difference can clarify the central idea by showing what changed or why one case matters.
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Relevant qualification
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A limitation can make the main idea more accurate rather than weaken its relevance.
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Contradictory detail
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A statement that works against the proposed point rather than developing it.
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Role-label strategy
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Label each sentence background, example, cause, result, contrast, qualification, or aside.
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Question-shift trap
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A choice concerns a different issue within the same broad subject.
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Local vs global relevance
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A detail may support one paragraph idea without being central to the whole passage.
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Does every passage detail matter equally?
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No. Authors may include context or texture that is less central than key support.
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Evidence-boundary reminder
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Judge a detail's role inside the passage; do not search for new evidence outside it.
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Strong relevance explanation
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Names both the detail and the precise idea it explains or demonstrates.
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Final relevance audit
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Identify the point, name the detail's function, and verify the connection.
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