Main Idea Practice

What is the definition for  Main Idea?

• What the text is mostly about
• The details in the text
•  The topic of the text
• The pictures in the text

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CCSS.RI.4.2

A SUPPORTING detail explains the main idea in a paragraph. What does SUPPORT mean?

• to search and find
• to hold up and help
• to end
• to write

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.4

If you wanted to find the main idea of an article, 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 is no one place where the main idea is always found

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CCSS.RI.4.2

Key details give important information that support the main idea.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.4.2

If you read an essay about how important recycling is to our environment, what is the topic?

• littering
• plastic
• recycling
• paper

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CCSS.RI.4.2

Main Idea:
Harry Houdini became a famous magician for his escapes from impossible traps.

What supporting detail would go with this main idea?

• Houdini liked to travel to England to perform his magic tricks.
• Houdini was a very mysterious man.
• Houdini liked to do tricks with water.
• Houdini once escaped a straightjacket whilesuspended high in the air.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer. Soccer players learn how to dribble and pass the ball. They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score. Most importantly, soccer players learn how to work together with their teammates.

What is the main idea?

• They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score.

• Soccer players learn how to dribble.

• They learn how to work together as teammates.

• Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.2

Floods can cause tremendous damage. They can ruin houses, roads and buildings. Floods can take down trees and cause mudslides. It often leaves mud, sand and debris behind. It can take months to clean up after a flood.

What is the main idea?

• Floods can cause a lot of damage.

• Floods cause mudslides.

• Floods damage houses and roads.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.2

Main Idea:

Octopuses have many different ways to hide themselves from predators.

What supporting detail would go with this main idea?

• Octopuses have two eyes and four pairs of arms.

• Octopuses like to live in coral reefs.

• Octopuses use camouflage to disguise themselves.

• Octopuses move about by crawling or swimming.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.2

Main Idea:
Chocolate is a very popular gift to give during the holidays.

What supporting detail would go with this main idea?

• On Valentine’s Day, heart shaped boxes filled with chocolate are given to loved ones.
• Hot chocolate is made with warm chocolate and milk.
• Most of the world’s cocoa beans come from Africa.
• Chocolate is a popular flavor of ice cream.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.W.4.2B