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Central/Main Idea
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Which question would be most helpful for figuring out the main Idea of a book?
What is the Main thing the author wants to say?
What else do i know about the Subject?
What is my opinion?
Who is the author?
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Are the Gist and the main idea the same thing?
No
Yes
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Why is the central/main idea important?
To understand the story
Because it just is
Beacuse it helps you understand the characters feelings
Because it shows the moral of the story
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Sometimes, the writer hints at the main idea by. .
Putting the main idea in quotations
Repeating words
putting words in italicize
Putting things in bold
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What is a true statement about main ideas?
All of these statements are true.
Main ideas will always be related to the topic.
Main ideas can be found anywhere in the text.
Main ideas must be supported by details from the text.
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Main Idea of the movie "Cars"?
Lightning Mcqueen meets Mater
Lightning Mcqueen gets a makeover
Lightning Mcqueen says KACHOW
Lightning Mcqueen makes a friend that changes his life
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What strategies could help you find the main idea?
Count the stanzas
Read the last few sentences
Try to summarize the text in your own words
Chunk the text
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Why do we use central Idea?
To find the key elements of a text
Identify characters in a text
Because Mrs. Roam said
To define something
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Where is the main idea located?
Introduction paragraph
All of the above
Beginning of body paragraph
Concluding Sentence
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What do you need to have to help your main idea?
Supporting Details
Concluding Sentence
Commentary Details
Concrete Details
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Descriptions of people places, and things that support the main idea are called:
Details
Characters
Opinions
Morals
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What is a main Idea?
Where the story takes place
The Topic of the Text
Concrete Detail
What a conversation is about
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The main idea is the same as the topic.
flase
true
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How do I find the Central idea?
look for what the authors says overall about the subject.
Ask your teacher
Look for what the story is teaching you
Look for what the story is teaching you
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Central Idea is the__ being stated in a passage
Point of View
Main Point
Text Structure
Characters opinion