Reading for Information Pre-Assessment

Helpful text elements that help point out key ideas are often called:

• Headings

• Titles

• Text features

• Pictures

Titles often reveal the ___________ of the article.

• Main idea

• Summary

• Answer

• Topic

The _______ is the what the text is mostly about.

• The main idea

• The summary

• The title

• The topic

Main ideas are ALWAYS found in the topic sentence.

• True

• False

When something is suggested but not directly stated, it is...

• Hinted

• Implied

• Secret

• Hidden

To take notes that show deep thinking and understanding of the text is called...

• Annotating

• Note-taking

• Reading

• Cornell Notes

Formal outlines use ________ to label the main ideas.

• Roman numerals

• Capital letters

• Numbers

• Lowercase letters

Facts and examples that help explain or elaborate on the main idea

• Details

• Supporting details

• Evidence

• Explanations

You should determine the main idea by analyzing and combining the supporting details.

• True

• False

Look at these details from a paragraph about skunks.

Skunks use their claws when they fight. Skunks spray to chase other animals away. Skunks can bite hard with their sharp teeth. '

Choose the main idea that ties all the details together.

• Skunks use their claws and teeth in fights

• Skunks have several ways of protecting themselves