Most people think that Johann Sebastian Bach played the piano, but this is not true. The piano was not invented until just two years before he died. Bach's main instrument was the organ. He was a great organist. He wrote a lot of wonderful music for that instrument. He also played other keyboard instruments that were ancestors of the piano. Among these instruments was the harpsichord. Along with Mozart, Bach is considered to be one of the all-time great composers What is the central idea of this paragraph?

Johann Sebastian Bach was a great organist and writer.

Mozart and Bach did not compose music for the piano.

The piano had not been invented three hundred years ago.

The harpsichord was a keyboard instrument before the piano.

We often let others know what we are thinking without using words. The name that we give for this kind of communication is body language. Body language includes gestures, facial expressions, and posture. Body language does not always mean the same thing to everyone. What is the central idea of the paragraph?

We use body language to communicate with others.

We sometimes use words to express ourselves.

Body language may not mean the same thing to everyone.

Body language includes gestures, facial expression, and posture.

Find the central idea: Being a clown isn't all fun and games. Rodeo clowns expose themselves to great danger every time they perform. When cowboys dismount or are bucked off of bulls at riding competitions, rodeo clowns jump in front of the bulls and motion wildly to get their attention. In this way rodeo clowns provide an alternate target, and in doing so protect the rider. So you see, sometimes clowning around can be serious business

Rodeo clowns protect cowboys by putting themselves in danger.

Being a clown isn't all fun and games.

Clowns are good at riding bulls.

Most people think that gorillas are mean, but actually they are shy. It seems that such a huge animal with very large teeth would be aggressive. Hollywood movies help convey this image of the scary, ferocious gorilla. In fact, gorillas only attack if they are provoked. This author belives that:

Gorillas are misunderstood as vicious animals.

Gorillas don't like other animals.

Though forks were first used in China thousands of years ago, it took a long time for them to make their way to what is now the United States. Ancient Greeks began using forks after the Chinese. However, they did not use forks for eating. They used them for serving food. From Greece, forks moved to the Roman Empire. Romans first used long forks for cooking and serving. By the 300s, they began using table forks to feed themselves. The table fork spread from there to what is now the Middle East and Turkey, before arriving in Italy and becoming popular in the 1000s. It stayed popular in southern Europe, but was not used much in northern Europe until it first became popular in France and Spain in the 1700s. The table fork arrived in England from France before making its way to the North American colonies, where it first became popular shortly before the American Revolution. What is the central idea?

The fork changed after arriving in the Roman Empire.

Roman forks were longer than Greek and Chinese forks.

Most people think that gorillas are mean, but actually they are shy. It seems that such a huge animal with very large teeth would be aggressive. Hollywood movies help convey this image of the scary, ferocious gorilla. In fact, gorillas only attack if they are provoked. This author belives that:

Gorillas are misunderstood as vicious animals.

Gorillas don't like other animals.

What is the Central Idea of the passage? What's that humming sound? Could it be hummingbird, the only bird capable of backward flight? Hummingbirds have many unique flight habits that distinguish them from other birds. Most birds flap their wings up and down to fly, but the hummingbird moves its wings forward and backward very rapidly in a figure eight pattern. This allows the hummingbird to hover in position, fly upside down, and move about very rapidly. And while other birds have to push off with their feet to begin flying, and work their ways up to their top speeds, the hummingbird can both start flying at maximum speed and stop flying instantaneously. After you've seen a hummingbird in flight, it's unlikely that you'll mistake them for another bird.

The hummingbird flys in a totally unique and unusual way.

Birds and hummingbirds are very different.

Hummingbirds make a humming sound.

Hummingbirds wings fly in figure eight patterns.

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30 sec • 1 pt

What genre is informational text?

Fiction

Non-Fiction

Fantasy

Fiction-Non

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

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30 sec • 1 pt

Why would an author include illustrations?

To expand the meaning of the text

To make the reader laugh

To demonstrate his artistic abilities

To represent information in a different way

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

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1 min • 1 pt

When you read to gain information, look for the __________. That is the most important idea of a passage, or what the passage is mainly about.

summarizing

central idea

inference

supporting details

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1 min • 1 pt

When you __________, you tell the key ideas and leave out the ideas that are not as important.

main idea

details

summarize

none of these

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Where would you find a caption?

Close to a picture

At the top of a section

On the table of contents

In the glossary

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What are the words that are more darkened called?

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compares

apples

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Unit One Informational Texts

What genre is informational text?

Why would an author include illustrations?

When you read to gain information, look for the __________. That is the most important idea of a passage, or what the passage is mainly about.

When you __________, you tell the key ideas and leave out the ideas that are not as important.

Where would you find a caption?

What are the words that are more darkened called?

What’s up?

Which is not considered part of informal language?

The money will be spent to buy library books.

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