Main Idea Practice

Where do you normally find the main idea?

• In the first sentence
• At the end of the Paragraph
• All of the answers are correct!!
• It is implied

to form an opinion from evidence, to reach a conclusion based on facts

• infer/inference
• analyze/analysis
• synthesize
• theme

drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity

• idiom
• allusion
• simile
• analogies

an exaggerated statement

• hyperbole
• allusion
• symbol
• evaluate

the main subject that is being discussed, the message, moral, or lesson of the story

• theme
• setting
• main idea
• detail

to communicate by statement, suggestion, gesture, or appearance

• synthesize
• emphasize
• convey
• infer

The main idea is supported by what?

• concluding sentences
•   details
• A triangle
• reliable topics

The general subject that the passage is about....

• Topic
• Claim
• Main Idea
• Supporting details

The broad subject usually one or two words...

• Topic 
• Claim
• Main Idea
• Supporting details

a statement that tells what a passage is mostly about

• Topic
• Claim
• Main Idea
• Transitional sentence