Central Idea

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What is the central idea of the passage? "Are you already done?" his father asked. "It seems like you just got in the water." Jacob was finished with his bath in two minutes. He got his body and hair wet, rubbed shampoo on his hair, washed his body with soap, and rinsed off. He liked fast baths so to have more time to play. In fact, Jacob never took a long bath. To him, the faster the bath, the better.

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Jacob likes to take fast baths

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Who or what a text is about is called

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Topic

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What is the central idea of a text?

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What the text is mostly about

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What are the details in a text?

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Details support the central idea in a text

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Is the central idea of a text always clear?

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False

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Which of the following is NOT a strategy to use when searching for the central idea?

• Highlighting important information
• Rereading the text
• Highlighting the entire text

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Highlighting the entire text

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What is the CENTRAL IDEA of a nonfiction text?

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What the text is MOSTLY about.

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Which text feature can give you clues about the central idea? Options: Title, Headings, Pictures, All of these

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All of these

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What is the central idea of the passage?
Thomas Edison’s life span is known as “The age of Edison.” If it wasn’t for Thomas Edison, we might not have electric lights, telephones, movie cameras, or computers! Think of all the ways these great products affect our lives today. Edison held over 1,000 patents and received dozens of awards during his lifetime for his inventions and contributions to science.

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Thomas Edison's inventions still impact society today