Facts and Details

What are facts and details?

Reporters discover the facts of a story by asking who, what, where, when, why, and how. The answers to these questions are called facts.

Facts and details can include information such as examples, reasons, statistics, causes, and effects, characters, events, descriptions. Recognizing facts and details are important.

What can I do to remember facts and details?

You will remember facts and details if you underline, highlight, or note facts and details as you read. Try to produce a mental image as you read. Add detail to the mental image as you learn new facts or details. Organizing the facts or details you discover will help. You might try making lists, drawing diagrams, or using concept maps.