Front

What is the central idea of the selection about seaweed?

Back

Seaweed has special characteristics.

Front

What is the central idea of a text?

Back

The main point

Front

What will give you a major clue about the central idea of the text? Options: its title, reading the introduction, noticing what the details describe, all of these

Back

all of these

Front

What evidence supports that Barrett is very curious?

Back

He has taken apart all the clocks in the house to see how they work. He borrowed his father’s hammer to break rocks because he “wanted to see what they looked like inside.” He is forever asking questions that start with “How” and “Why.”

Front

What are the details in a text?

Back

Details support the central idea in a text

Front

The CENTRAL IDEA of a nonfiction text needs to always be supported with...

Back

Supporting details

Front

What is the best question to ask yourself when you are trying to find the central idea of a text?

Back

What point is the author trying to make?

Front

TRUE or FALSE. The topic sentence is NOT the central idea of a paragraph.

Back

Front

A conclusion will ________ the topic, supporting details, and wrap up an essay well.

Back

restate