Main Idea and Details

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Text features that indicate the main idea:

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All of these

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Benjamin Franklin's passion for writing led him to establish a printing shop and publish a newspaper, along with 'Poor Richard’s Almanac', which featured humorous tales, weather info, and wise sayings.

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Benjamin Franklin loved to write stories and books.

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Best question to find the main idea?

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What point is the author trying to make?

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Emma wanted a baby blue scarf. Babysitting for Mrs. Marple was her chance to earn money for it. After babysitting, she had enough cash and bought the scarf for her Mom.

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Babysitting helped Emma buy her Mom the perfect scarf.

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Topic of the paragraph: Texting is the main communication method for teens 12-17, with daily texts increasing with age. 12-year-olds send about 20 texts daily, while 14-17-year-olds average 50. Girls in this age group send over 3,000 texts weekly, making unlimited texting essential for families with teens.

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Teens and texting.

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Title for the passage about making a snowman.

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Build a Snow Day Snowman!

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In 2012, Instagram's creators, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, became multimillionaires after selling to Mark Zuckerberg for $1 billion. All 13 employees became millionaires. If you printed the 21.9 billion photos uploaded in a year, it would span 4,693 miles, farther than Orlando from the North Pole. Supporting detail?

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All 13 joined the company in its first year.

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Main idea: Expectancy of life for those born after 1985.

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Expect to live more than 70 years.

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What a passage is mostly about

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Main Idea

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Narrow ideas, evidence, and details supporting the main idea in a passage.

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Supporting details.