SOL Practice (Main Idea, Genre)

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What is the main idea of the passage about activities at the beach? Options: There are many fun things to do at the beach., It is also fun to look for shells., Some people simply like to sunbathe., Going to the beach to swim can be fun.

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There are many fun things to do at the beach.

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What is the main idea of the passage about soccer players?

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Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.

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Main idea of the paragraph: Seated on his throne, King Midas wore a golden crown. He had golden rings on each finger and held a golden scepter. His vest was embroidered with golden thread and even his shoes had golden ornaments. He had a golden box filled with gold coins. He named his daughter Marigold.

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King Midas loved gold.

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What is the paragraph mostly about? Options: how long you might expect to live, about the health of females, why people live to be 70, tells that people live to be 100

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how long you might expect to live

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What is this selection mainly about? Someday we will all have robots that will be our personal servants. They will look and behave much like real humans. We will be able to talk to these mechanical helpers and they will be able to respond in kind! Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience. They will be smart, strong, and untiring workers whose only goal will be to make our lives easier.

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Someday we will have robots that will be our personal servants.

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Jenny visited her grandmother in the hospital. She saw how kind and helpful the nurses were to her grandmother. Now she wants to be a nurse when she grows up. She wants to help sick people get well.
What is the main idea? Options: Jenny got sick. , Jenny wants to be a nurse. , Her grandmother was in the hospital. , Jenny was glad the nurses were being kind to her grandmother.

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Jenny wants to be a nurse.

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I know the text is a biography because it -

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is about a real person's life.

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A fable is a type of - 

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traditional literature

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What does poetry contain?

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lines and stanzas

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Captions, headings, and table of contents are all _________________ text features.

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nonfiction