Finding the Central Ideas

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What is the central idea?

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the focused idea of the text.

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How is central idea different from theme?

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Central idea includes specific names and details from the text.

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What does identifying the central idea of a text show?

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You comprehend the author's point.

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You can find the controlling idea in all kinds of text.

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Where can the controlling idea be found?