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Main Idea (Central Idea)
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A review for defining and determining MI/SD.
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Typically the STATED main idea will be in which sentence(s) within the text?
first only
middle sentences
last only
first or last
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Another word for Main Idea is....
The central idea
There is no other word, it's just called main idea
main thoughts
3
About how many supporting details should you look for to justify the main idea?
You don't need any supporting details
5 or more
1-2
3-4
4
Descriptions of people, places or things that support the main idea are called......
characters
details
opinions
morals
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Which question would be MOST helpful for figuring out the main idea of a book?
What else do I know about the subject?
What is my opinion?
What is the main thing the author wants to say?
Where did the author live while writing the book?
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The main idea of the text is....
What the author is trying to say or prove about the topic.
Answers 1 and 3.
What the passage is mostly about.
Made up of a few of the details in the passage.
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If the subject of
Promises to Keep
is Jackie Robinson, what is another word for the
subject
of a passage?
Story
Ending
Topic
8
Which question below is asking you to find the main idea of a text?
Where in the text is the idea located?
Which of the following words mean....?
You can tell by the author's tone that the theme is....
Which sentence from the passage supports the idea that...?
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Which of the following is an example of the subject of a book?
Whistling is one way that dolphins talk to each other.
Have you ever heard a dolphin?
dolphins
Dolphins can communicate with one another.
10
"Plants need sunlight to grow." Which of these is the best supporting detail?
Jessica sat in the sun and looked at her garden.
There are many different species of plants on the Earth.
My favorite kind of plant is the Venus fly trap.
Plants that get sunlight grow taller than those who don't
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Labor Day has been celebrated for over 100 years. Which is the best main idea?
Labor Day seems like a fun holiday.
Labor Day is an important National holiday.
Soon, Labor Day parades became a yearly event.
Every year, Labor Day is celebrated.
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The implied main idea is NOT DIRECTLY STATED in the passage, but is evident from the .....
author's clues
the back of the book
details in the passage
topic sentence
13
What is the subject of a text?
The narrow topic of a text.
The broad thing the text is about.
What the text is about.
All the supporting details put together.
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The main idea can be USUALLY be found in the first or last sentence. True or False
False
True
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If the main idea of a passage is a table top, then the legs of the table represent the what?
the supporting details
the subject
the topic sentence
the central idea
