Summarizing the Main Idea

Identifying the Main Idea

Multiple Choice

How do we know the main idea of this text is something to do with "animals" and "growing"?

• It is in the topic sentence

• It is in the title

• I have no evidence for this

• It is in the concluding sentence

Multiple Choice

The topic sentence is _______________________

• the first sentence in the paragraph

• the last sentence in the paragraph

• the title of the passage

Multiple Choice

The concluding sentence is _____________________

• the first sentence of the paragraph

• the last sentence of the paragraph

• the title of the passage

Multiple Choice

The main idea of the passage is ___________________________

• all animals grow over time

• all animals become taller and bigger

• different animals grow in different ways

• animals are sometimes dangerous

Multiple Choice

We figured this out using _________________

• only the title

• only the topic sentence

• only the concluding sentence

• the title, the topic sentence and the concluding sentence

Open Ended

How can you figure out the main idea if there is no title, topic sentence or concluding sentence?