Question

What is true about supporting details

A.) Unimportant details are those that provide facts or statistics related to the main idea.
B.)Essential details may or may not be support to the texts main idea.
C.)When evaluating a text, you should not pay attention to irrevelant or questionable details.
D.) Noting which details provide essential support to an authors main idea is an important study skill.

Answer 1

 Supporting details are the sentences that are  related to the main idea so your answer would be D.) Noting which details provide essential support to an authors main idea is an important study skill.

Answer 2

The option that is true about supporting details is option D.  Noting which details provide essential support to an authors main idea is an important study skill.

Supporting details consists on those elements in a including facts, statements, examples-specifics which guide us to a full understanding of the main idea. The purpose of using supporting details is to clarify, illuminate, explain, describe, expand and illustrate the main idea.

The term "supporting details" can be defined as additional information that explains, defines or proves an idea.