Reading comprehension

Front

Floods can cause tremendous damage. They can ruin houses, roads and buildings. Floods can take down trees and cause mudslides. It often leaves mud, sand and debris behind. It can take months to clean up after a flood. What is the main idea?

Back

Floods can cause a lot of damage.

Front

Which sentence best describes the main idea of the paragraph about weather reporters?

Back

Pictures help weather reporters get information out in a fast way

Front

Which of the following is NOT a supporting detail? Options: The peregrine falcon is one of the fastest wild birds, It was placed on the endangered species list, It was dying out because of pesticides, The peregrine falcon is an amazing bird

Back

The peregrine falcon is an amazing bird

Front

What is the theme in literature?

Back

message

Front

What is the main idea about soccer?

Back

Soccer is a worldwide sport.

Front

Theme is for everyone so you should think of theme being

Back

big world idea/universal

Front

Themes will not have characters' names from the story. True or False?

Back

True

Front

When finding the theme, you have to _________________ because the author will NOT come out and tell you the theme.

Back

infer

Front

Infer means to look for _____________ in the story and use your knowledge.

Back

clues

Front

What is the central idea of a story?

Back

What the story is mostly about.