What are the characteristics of a stated main idea in an informational text? Write them down in your own words.

the main idea is the topic that you will write about.

A stated main idea directly expresses the author's statement or way of thinking about a topic.

The stated main idea is clearly written in the form of a sentence.

The main idea is also known as a topic sentence.

The main idea usually appears as the first sentence of the text but can appear anywhere in the first paragraph.

Explanation:

- "a nonrestrictive clause functions as a modifier to a noun (that is an object, person or concept). these clauses can be described by the following three options: it is set off by comas, it contains a subject and a verbs and it adds nonessential information to the sentence.

for example, in "here is bill gates, who confounded microsoft software company" we can identify "who confounded microsoft software company" as a nonrestrictive clause modifying the noun bill gates. this clause can be describes as a nonrestrictive clause because it is separated by a comma, it adds nonessential information to identify who bill gates is and it must contain both a subject (who) and a verb (confounded)."