Main Idea and Supporting Details

Which term best describes the main idea of a piece of writing?

• A supporting detail
• A central point
• A broad topic
• A statement of opinion

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

In the phrase, "The main idea is buttressed by supporting details," what is the best synonym for buttressed?

• Backed
• Refuted
• Confounded 
• Weakened

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

In an essay, details serve a similar function to: 

• An instructional manual for putting together furniture
• The characters in a work of fiction
• Blank pages in a notebook
• The evidence an attorney needs to convict a criminal

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

If you read an essay explaining why eating healthy foods is good for you, what would the topic be?

• Healthy foods include fruit, vegetables, and lean protein
• Healthy foods
• Eating healthy foods is good for you
• Eating is necessary to sustain life

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

In the same article about healthy foods, what would the main idea be?

• Healthy foods include fruit, vegetables, and lean protein
• Healthy foods
• Eating healthy foods is good for you
• Eating is necessary to sustain life

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What supporting detail might you find in the same article?

• People who eat healthy foods live longer
• Healthy foods include vegetables and protein
• Healthy foods are good for you
• Eating is necessary to sustain life

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

If you wanted to find the main idea in a piece of writing, where would you look?

• In the first sentence
• In the first sentence of the second paragraph 
• In the last sentence of the first paragraph 
• There's no one place where the main idea is found

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

If you can't figure out the main idea of a passage, what should you do?

• Try to recall every specific detail in the passage
• Ask yourself general questions about the passage
• Read the passage once and don't look at it again
• Read the passage over and over until you have it memorized

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

In what section of a newspaper would you find articles with topics and main ideas? Choose the best answer. 

• On the editorial pages 
• In the letters to the editor 
• In the main news section
• In virtually every section of the paper

What inference can you make about main ideas in writing?

• They're always based in fact and never opinion 
• To be effective, they must be supported by facts 
• In many essays, they have nothing to do with the topic 
• Most pieces of writing lack main ideas

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2