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Main Idea and Topic

Main Idea and Topic

Assessment

Presentation

English

1st - 10th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

CCSS
RI.5.2, RI.4.2, RI.7.2

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Standards-aligned

Created by

Rachael Rutledge

Used 44+ times

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5 Slides • 4 Questions

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Main Idea and Supporting Details

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Topic

  • the general subject that the passage is about

  • usually one or two words

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Multiple Choice

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What is the topic?

1

What it is mostly about

2

Specific details about it

4

Topic Sentence

a sentence in a passage that states the main idea of that passage

Some passages, paragraphs, or essays may not have a topic sentence

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Multiple Choice

What is a topic sentence?

1

The sentence that gives you more information about a topic.

2

The sentence that tells the big idea of the passage.

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Main Idea

  • a statement that tells what a passage is mostly about

  • The reader can determine this AFTER reading and comprehending, because it

    is not always stated outright in the passage

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Multiple Choice

When can you figure out the main idea of a passage?

1

Before you read it

2

After you read the first sentence

3

After you read the entire passage

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Supporting Details

  • more narrow ideas, evidence, examples, details, and elaboration

  • support the main idea in a passage

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Multiple Choice

What are supporting details?

1

Details that give you more information about the main idea.

2

The main idea of the passage.

3

Details that are about other things and not about the main idea.

Main Idea and Supporting Details

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