Main Idea and Details

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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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Text features that indicate the main idea:

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All of these.

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Floods can cause tremendous damage, ruining houses, roads, and buildings, and leaving mud and debris behind.

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Floods can cause a lot of damage.

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Main idea: Shells. Susan enjoys swimming at the beach and collecting shells to make jewelry. Collecting shells is fun.

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Susan likes to collect shells.

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Jake's family went camping at a park by the ocean, rode bikes, cooked over a fire, and saw deer.

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Jake's family went on a camping trip.

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Juan loves games: chess for thought, Monopoly for luck & skill, and action games when alone.

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Juan enjoys playing games.

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Main idea about future robots as personal assistants.

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Someday we will all have robots to be our personal assistants.

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Main idea of soccer skills learned:

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Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.

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Location of main idea in text?

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Beginning/end

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Supporting detail for getting enough sleep?

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Seven to nine hours keeps you refreshed the next day.