Central Idea Practice Flashcard

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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 was an important inventor

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What is the central idea of the passage?

Origami is the Japanese art of paper folding. Many beautiful three-dimensional creations are made with this art. Starting with only one square of paper, you can fold and fold and fold, until you’ve created amazing models. With practice, you can learn to make abstract designs or recognizable animals such as cranes (a type of bird) or even dinosaurs.

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Origami is an interesting and beautiful art form

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What does the author believe about gorillas?

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Gorillas are misunderstood as vicious animals.

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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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This passage is mostly about?
Options: popular fashions being expensive, school uniforms being a good idea., students working many hours at jobs., teens enjoying wearing uniforms.

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school uniforms being a good idea.

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What did Benjamin Franklin prove with his kite experiment?

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Benjamin Franklin performed an experiment that proved
lightning was electricity. 

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This paragraph mainly tells: who makes thread soft, how spiders make strong thread, how scientists make strong thread, why spiders spin webs

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how spiders make strong thread

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What's the main idea of this passage? Emma desperately wanted the silky baby blue scarf that stared back at her from the shop window. When Mrs. Marple called to ask her to babysit, Emma knew this was her chance to earn the money to buy the scarf. After babysitting, Emma counted out her cash. She had enough to buy the scarf! The next afternoon, she raced to the store and bought the scarf, the perfect gift for her Mom! Options: Emma is an excellent babysitter., Emma babysits regularly for Mrs. Marple., Babysitting helped Emma buy her Mom the perfect scarf., Emma was shopping for a gift for her Mom.

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Babysitting helped Emma buy her Mom the perfect scarf.