Main Idea

The best definition of the main idea would be...

• Important information that tells more about the overall idea of a piece of writing.

• What a piece of writing is mostly about.

• What someone is primarily talking about.

• A vague idea that is supported by very specific details.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The best definition of supporting details would be...

• Important information that tells more about the overall idea of a piece of writing.

• Sentences that make the main idea stronger and clearer.

• The sentences that make up the bulk of a paragraph in a piece of writing.

• Details that support other details.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Robots are being used in sumo wrestling contest. Sumo wrestling is a sport that started in Japan. It takes place in a rind. Two players try to score points by holding each other down or pushing each other out of the ring. Robot sumo uses robots instead of humans. The robot that scores the most points wins.

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

• Sumo wrestling is a sport that started in Japan.

• Sumo wrestling takes place in a ring.

• The robot scores the most points wins.

• Robots are being used in sumo wrestling contests.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Robots are being used in sumo wrestling contest. Sumo wrestling is a sport that started in Japan. It takes place in a rind. Two players try to score points by holding each other down or pushing each other out of the ring. Robot sumo uses robots instead of humans. The robot that scores the most points wins.

Which of the following is a supporting detail of this paragraph?

• Robots are being used in sumo wrestling contests.

• Robot sumo contests are better than human sumo contests.

• Robot sumo uses robots instead of humans.

• Watching robot sumo is boring

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Students compete in robot sumo contests. They learn how to build there own robots. They compete against their classmates and students from other schools. To win, students must be creative. They must have a good plan for defeating other robots.

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

• Students need a good plan for defeating other robots.

• Students compete against their classmates and students from other schools.

• Students compete in robot sumo contest.

• Students must be creative to win.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Students compete in robot sumo contests. They learn how to build there own robots. They compete against their classmates and students from other schools. To win, students must be creative. They must have a good plan for defeating other robots.

Which of the following is a supporting detail of this paragraph?

• Students like building sumo robots.

• Students compete in robot sumo contests.

• They use excellent strategies to defeat other robots.

• They must have a good plan for defeating other robots.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Pizza is a favorite food in the United States. Pizza is from Italy in the late 1800s. It became popular in the United States after World War II. People like to add toppings. Some toppings are pepperoni, sausage, and vegetables. There toppings give pizza more flavor. Pepperoni is America's favorite topping.

What is the main idea of the passage?

• Pizza is made from flour.

• Pizza was first made in Italy.

• You should eat the delicious pizza.

• Pizza is a popular meal in the United States.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

There are moments when the parents of a teenager say, or at least think, "Why don't you act your ages?" But what age is young adolescent to act. One minute he is twelve years old; they very next he seems sixteen; and a moment later he crawls back into childish comfort. The betwixt-and-between junior-high-school pupil offers parents and teachers exciting challenge, for adults cannot guide seventh, eighth and ninth graders without growing themselves.

Neither "fish nor fowl," the junior-high school pupil is caught between tender childishness and manly promise. During these years of change and unashamed enthusiasm, the young adolescent explores a million quandaries, test a hundreds selves and questions tumbling values as he rapidly constructs others.

What is the main idea of the passage?

• The junior high years are a period of self-confidence and understanding.

• The junior high years are short and will end quickly.

• The junior high years are a very confusing time full of growth and trials.

• The junior high years are a very exciting time full of adventure.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Read the following paragraph and tell where the main idea is located.

Despite the hatred most people feel toward cockroaches, they do help humans in several ways. For example, they are perfect experiment animals and are used for scientific research in the laboratory. Breeding them is easy, for they thrive under almost any conditions. In studies on nutrition and food, cockroaches are good subjects because they will eat any kind of food. They can be used to study heart disease, and cancer researchers work with roaches because they grow cancerous tumors like those that are found in humans.

• In the first sentence

• In the middle of the paragraph

• Not state in the paragraph directly (implied)

• In the last sentence

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Sharks can lose up to 30,000 teeth in their lifetime. Sharks have teeth arranged in rows inside their mouths. These teeth do not have roots like human teeth do, so they fall out easily. When a shark takes a powerful bite into its food, several teeth are lost. When these teeth are lost, new ones push forward from the back rows to replace them. Luckily, sharks continually grow new teeth to replace the thousands they lose.

• Sharks' teeth are arrange in rows.

• Sharks lose many teeth over their lifetime.

• Sharks are carnivorous predators.

• Sharks have tooth decay.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2