Texas Gateway: Analyze Thesis, Purpose, Textual Elements in Informational Text

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson focuses on how to locate the controlling idea or thesis and specific purpose in a text and analyze the roles they play in understanding what you read. You will analyze the controlling idea and specific purpose of a passage to find the more important and less important details. In a sense, the lesson will act like a magnifying glass by helping you discover controlling ideas, specific purposes, and the details that support them.