Main Idea Review Question

Main Idea Review

Tuesday, February 20, 2023

​Main idea is what the story is all about.

Supporting details help explain and prove the author's main idea.

Main Idea and Supporting Details

The main idea is what the text is mostly about.

Details describe or explain the main idea.

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​Main Idea and Details

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

• The annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is the largest parade in the world.

• The parade started in 1924 and continues to take place each Thanksgiving Day in New York City.

• Balloons, marching bands and floats are always part of the parade.

• Each parade ends with Santa Claus arriving to usher in the Christmas season.

Multiple Choice

Pretty Little Liars Excerpt
By Sara Shepard
Imagine it's a couple of years ago, the summer between seventh and eighth grade. You're tan from lying out next to your rock-lined pool, you've got on your new Juicy sweats (remember when everybody wore those?), and your mind's on your crush, the boy who goes to that other prep school whose name we won't mention and who folds jeans at Abercrombie in the mall. You're eating your Cocoa Krispies just how you like 'em --- doused in skim milk --- and you see this girl's face on the side of the milk carton. Missing. She's cute --- probably cuter than you --- and has a feisty look in her eyes. You think, Hmm, maybe she likes soggy Cocoa Krispies too. And you bet she'd think Abercrombie boy was a hottie as well. You wonder how someone so . . . well, so much like you went missing. You thought only girls who entered beauty pageants ended up on the sides of milk cartons. Well,think again.
What is the main idea?

• The narrator enjoying her summer break by the pool.

• The importance of a middle school crush.

• A middle school girl wondering how an ordinary looking girl, like her, could go missing.

• The girl’s picture on the side of a milk carton to announce she is missing.

Multiple Choice

George Washington is known as the “Father of Our Country” because of his strong leadership. He was the commander in chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. After winning the Revolutionary War, George Washington headed the group of men who wrote the Constitution of the United States of America. Later, the colonists elected George Washington as the first president of the United States of America. 

• How George Washington led our country

• Why the Revolutionary War began

• Who wrote the U.S. Constitution

Multiple Choice

Which sentence best states the main idea of the paragraph?

• The rich smell of pastries.... Often made Anthony hungry.

• Last summer, Anthony worked at a bakery.

• The baker would let Anthony take a few cupcakes home.

• He woke up before sunrise each morning.

Multiple Choice

Which detail best explains Anthony's job at the bakery?

• The rich smell of pastries... Often made Anthony hungry.

• Last summer, Anthony worked at a bakery.

• The baker would let Anthony take a few cupcakes home.

• Help a baker make bread, chocolate cupcakes and cherry pies.

Multiple Choice

Which detail best suggests Anthony was good at his job.

• He woke up before sunrise each morning.

• The customers loved the pastries he made.

• The baker would let Anthony take a few cupcakes home.

• Help a baker make bread, chocolate cupcakes and cherry.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentence best states the main idea of the passage?

• Writers should always edit their work.

• Its okay to be messy when writing at first draft, but a final draft should always be written neatly.

• After writers finish their first draft, there is still important work to do before they are finished.

• When you revise, you look for way to improve your writing.

Multiple Choice

Which detail tells more about the main idea?

• When writers edit, they look for errors like misspelled words

• Some writers like to write a pencil, while others prefer typing on a computer.

• The writing process begins with brainstorming.

• Many steps need to be take in order to write.

Are there any questions?

Remember Main idea is what the story is mostly about. Supporting Details explain and proves the main idea.