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#English Language Arts #Central Idea
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Which question would be MOST helpful in figuring out the Central Idea?
Who is the author?
What is the main thing the author wants to say?
What else do I know about the subject?
What is my opinion?
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What is the BEST central idea for this passage?
Mary Clay has a best friend.
Water is used to fill water beds.
Mary overfilled a water bed in her bedroom.
Fireman came to rescue Mary from her water bed.
3
A work of fiction in a realistic, possibly present-day setting is called:
Action Adventure
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Dramatic Fiction
4
What is the BEST central idea of this passage?
Sam Barr ate a hamburger at the Jiffy Burger.
Sam Barr has a large tarantula in a suitcase.
Sam Barr had clothes in his suitcase.
Sam Barr's suitcase was stolen from his car at Jiffy Burger.
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Another word for Main Idea is....
Central idea
There is no other word, it's just called Main Idea
Main Thourghts
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What is the BEST central (main) idea of this passage?
Betty Jones wants to find a friend for her pet parakeet.
Betty Jones owns a parakeet, and the bird is like her child.
Betty Jones reads the newspaper, and likes to purchase it.
Betty Jones is an older woman, and she lives alone.
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when you directly quote text evidence, you need to remember to...
All of the above
Use quotation marks
Say "In the text is said..."
Write it down word for word
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What do you infer is happening in this photo?
People are holding a sign
Recognizing we live on Earth
They are all outside
People who care about climate change are speaking out
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Fiction is based on fact. True or False
True
False
10
What does it mean to infer?
Ask Mr. Kinsch
Take a wild guess
Use what you know and what you've read to answer
Use text evidence
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Define Theme.
The message/lesson.
Sequence of events.
The main points.
The subject.
12
All stories have a theme?
True
False
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An autobiography is a text written by the author, about him or herself. True or False?
False
True
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What is the BEST central idea of this passage?
Sue has a "false" ear, and it fell off at the beauty shop.
Sue liked getting her hair washed at the beauty shop.
Sue stunned the beauty shop's owner, Joy Ward.
Sue likes to trick people with her "false" ear.
15
Which evidence supports the inference that this photo is from an awards show?
They are at an awards show
The clothes they are wearing
They are holding statues
16
Things from the text that support your thought
Paraphrase
Explicit
Inference
Text Evidence
17
This genre gives a faith in the ultimate goodness of life, and recognition of good and evil
Fairy Tails
Disney Movies
The Princess and the Frog
Fairy Tales
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Maddie chose her best friend as her partner. They talked too much and did not finish their work.
Honesty is the best policy.
Choose your partners wisely.
Respect your teachers.
Blame your friends.
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What can you infer happened just before this photo?
It is the beginning of the game
The team that is in the red just got points
The team that is high-fiving just got points
They are playing baseball
20
Which of these would be a Topic?
Be careful around animals you aren't familiar with.
Jellyfish
The sea is a dangerous ecosystem.
Jellyfish will sting you if you step on them.
21
What is the BEST central idea for this passage?
A bowling alley had burned down on the work site.
Two men found dinosaur eggs at a construction site.
Two men work at the Plain Digging company.
Bowling balls were found and assumed to be dinosaur eggs.
22
Which of these would be a topic?
You can expect good things in return if you are generous.
Baseball
Molly was new to baseball
Molly liked the clear communication that signals allowed for
23
There are two main categories of genre. What are they?
First Person and Third Person
Fiction and Non-Fiction
Novels and Movies
Print and Visual
24
When you paraphrase text evidence, you are...
Stating my inference
Putting it into your own words
Re-writing the paragraph
Quote the evidence word for word
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The main idea of the text is.....
What the passage is mostly about
Answers 1 and 3
What the author is trying to say or prove about the topic
Made up of a few of the details in a passage
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Elements of this genre are fact moving action, discoveries of new/exciting things and ....
Science Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Action/Adventure
Mystery
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Oscar stole all of the coins from the piggy bank, only to find out they were fake.
Oscar is good.
Stealing is wrong.
Don't be greedy.
Oscar should put them back.
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Using background info & text evidence to figure out something the text did not say explicity.
Text Evidence
Explicit
Paraphrase
Inference
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What is the BEST central idea for this passage?
C.R. Stewart likes to eat spaghetti.
C.R. Stewart sat in wet spaghetti to achieve a world record.
C.R. Stewart can't eat spaghetti anymore.
C.R. Stewart wanted to achieve a world record.
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What is the BEST central idea of this passage?
Jack Boyd thinks turkey is great at Thanksgiving.
Jack Boyd has a pet turkey that he takes everywhere.
Jack Boyd has a pet turkey that jogs.
Jack Boyd likes different pets.
