MAIN IDEA

The broad thing that a book is about is called the ________.

• key idea
• main idea
• plot
• subject

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which of the following is an example of a main idea of a book?

• Sparky, a dog who fights fires
• I read a story about Duke, a police dog.
• Slap Jake is my favorite comic book hero.
• Superpup is a brave beagle that fightscrime in New York.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which of the following is an example of a subject of a book?

• Dolphins can communicate with one another.
• dolphins
• Whistling is one way that dolphins talk toeach other.
• Have you ever heard a dolphin?

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

Which question would be most helpful for figuring out the main idea of a book?

• What is the main thing the author wantsto say?
• Who is the author?
• What is my opinion?
• What else do I know about the subject?

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.K.1

The main idea of a book is "plants need sunlight to grow." Which of these is a detail that supports the main idea?

• My favorite kind of plant is the Venus fly trap.
• There are many different species of plants on the Earth.
• Plants that get more sunlight grow tallerthan plants that sit in the dark.
• Jessica sat in the sun and looked at her garden.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

Which sentence best describes the main idea of this paragraph?
You might not know what a mascot is, but you've probably seen one. Some mascots are for products. Tony the Tiger is an example. He sells cereal. Schools also have mascots. Baseball teams,hockey teams and other sports teams have mascots. A mascot helps get the crowd involved. Theyentertain the crowd when the players are not playing. Mascots are fun!

• You might not know what a mascot is.
• Tony the Tiger is a mascot that sells
  cereal.
• There can be mascots for products,schools and sports teams.
• Some schools don't have mascots.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.K.2