Main Idea

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What is the main idea of the passage about Scrabble?

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Scrabble is a good game for building vocabulary.

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Yesterday was my birthday. When I woke up, I noticed my brother Josh hung up a big sign that said,"Happy Birthday, Charles!" Mom made spaghetti for dinner.
It's my favorite food in the whole world. My friend Dave came over and handed me a wrapped gift. I wondered what it was. It was a new basketball! I had a great day.
What is the main idea of this paragraph?

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Charles had a great birthday.

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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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What is the main idea of this paragraph? Benjamin Franklin invented many things that made life easier in the late 1700's. He invented the lightning rod that saved many homes from fires. He also invented the Franklin stove. The stove could heat a room better than a fireplace and saved people a lot of fuel. He also invented a special kind of glasses called bifocals. This new kind of glasses helped people to read better.

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Benjamin Franklin was a great inventor.

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What is the point of main idea?

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The main point of the passage

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Where is the main idea located?

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Anywhere in the passage

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How do you find the main Idea?

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Thinking like the Author

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What is the main difference between THEME and MAIN IDEA?

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Theme is a universal lesson and main idea is what a story is about.

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Main idea of the passage: If you are feeling sad, you can make yourself feel better by doing a few simple things. You can take a walk (or get another form of exercise), you can talk to a friend, or you can write down your feelings. Writing down the good things in your life will help too. Doing something good for someone else will also help you feel better. If you still feel a little sad, act happy. It works like magic to make you feel better!
What is the main idea?

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There are many ways to make yourself feel better.

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What is the main idea of the passage about floods?

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Floods can cause a lot of damage.