Central Idea Review

Front

What is the term for proving your answer to a question by going back in the passage and highlighting, underlining, or circling information that proves your answer is right?

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Citing textual evidence

Front

What is it called when you put the text into your own words?

Back

Paraphrase

Front

What do you use from the passage to prove your answer?

Back

Text evidence

Front

What is the message or lesson learned after reading a story?

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Theme

Front

What is the subject of the passage that helps to create the central idea?

Back

Topic

Front

What is the process of summarizing the main points of a text?

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Summarization

Front

What is the term for a statement that can be supported by evidence from the text?

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Claim

Front

What do we call the main idea or argument presented in a text?

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Central idea

Front

What is the term for details that support the main idea?

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Supporting details

Front

What is the act of interpreting information that is not directly stated in the text?

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Inferencing