... or about what happened at the staff meeting If you’re taking a standardized test, you’ll probably have to answer reading comprehension questions that ask about the facts in a reading passage ... ReadingComp_4E_[fin].indd 25 3/11/09 11:10:38 AM ReadingComp_4E_[fin].indd 26 3/11/09 11:10:38 AM L E S S O N FINDING THE MAIN IDEA There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking —Isaac Disraeli, ... the main idea of a passage; it must be general enough to encompass all the ideas in that passage, and it usually makes an assertion about the subject of that passage Knowing all that, you can answer...