Main Idea & Key Details

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Best question for finding the main idea?

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Author's main point/message in the text.

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Topic of the paragraph: Shanna saw many fish, crabs, and shrimp in huge tanks, feeling underwater yet dry.

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The aquarium

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Main idea of the paragraph: Floods can cause tremendous damage.

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Floods can cause tremendous damage

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The topic of a text is often in the title or opening paragraph.

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True

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Main idea of the paragraph about seaweed: colors and sizes, including giant forests.

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What seaweed is like

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Key detail about sleep:

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7-9 hours of sleep each night keeps you refreshed.

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Key detail: the 'who' or 'what' a text is about.

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False

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Main idea of the paragraph: Sharks can lose up to 30,000 teeth in their lifetime, with new ones replacing lost teeth.

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Sharks lose many teeth over their lifetime.

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Main idea of the paragraph: Adaptations of desert plants/animals for survival.

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Plants/animals in the desert have unique ways of surviving the heat and lack of rainfall.

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Supporting detail for recycling's importance:

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Recycling paper saves trees.