1. Extraneous details are unrelated or irrelevant details of the topic at hand.
- This is the definition of extraneous details. Supporting details are details that support or provide more information about the topic.
2. You should remove extraneous details if you come across any in a paper you have written.
- Extraneous details are details regarding another topic. They do not add any details to the topic of your paper. Therefore, they should be removed. Extraneous details are unneccesary and can be distracting.
3. All of these sentences are about sports and being an athlete except:
- My other passion is noodles.
Since the video is talking about wanting to be an athlete, we don't care if he or she likes noodles or not. It is not relevant. We do want to know that sports are his or her passion and that he or she will work hard and practice.
