Zinger 17: Controlling Idea and Supporting Evidence

Practice A: What is the author's main idea?

• People can water plants more efficiently.

• It is important to conserve water.

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Practice A: From the details in sentence 2, the reader can conclude that the author-

• has studied plants for a long time

• understands that the advice being given is unusual

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Practice A: Which question asks about the author's purpose?

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Practice A: Which item asks about supporting evidence?

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Practice B: The author uses the quotation from Dr. Kevin Pope to support the idea that--

• the crater might have been dug long ago by the Mayans

• archaeologists often work with NASA on projects

• the crater was immense enough to be seen from space

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Practice B: What is the primary purpose of this selection?

• To explain the events that caused the crater and to describe its unusual depth

• To show how a huge crater could be unknown to scientists and to tell how it was finally recognized

• To describe how the Yucatan's location and its unique ground cover often work together to hide craters like this one

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Practice B: Which question asks about the main idea?

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Practice B: Which question asks about supporting details?

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Practice C: Which fact best supports the author's claim that Bessie Coleman needed determination to become a licensed pilot?

• She was born to a family of sharecroppers.

• She earned her license before age of thirty.

• She had to leave the country to get training.

• She moved to Chicago and worked as a manicurist.

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Practice C: What evidence does the author mainly use to describe Bessie Coleman's efforts to become a pilot?

• Expert interviews and opinions from that era

• Facts about historic obstacles in the U.S. at that time

• Details about Bessie Coleman's emotions from her memoirs

• The author's own thoughts on Bessie Coleman

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