Reading Comprehension-Main Ideas

What is the main idea of the passage?

• All calendars are the same

• The solar calendar is based on the Sun

• Different calendars have dissimilar bases

• The lunar month is twenty-nine and a half days long.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

How is the information in the passage organized?

• Characteristics of the solar calendar are outlined

• Two types of calendars are described

• The strengths and weakness of the lunar calendar are described

• The length of each existing calendar is contrasted

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following expresses the main idea of the passage?

• Vaccine provide immunity to specific diseases

• Vaccine contain disease-causing microorganism

• Vaccine are derived in different ways

• New approaches in administering vaccines are developed

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The topic of this passage could best be described as....

• the Piltdown Man

• Charles Dawson's discovery

• Eoanthropus dawsoni

• a definition and an example of a hoax

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The author's main point is that...

• various types of hoaxes have been perpetrated

• Charles Dawson discovered a human skull and jawbone

• Charles Dawson was not an honest man

• the human skull jawbone were extremely old

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The second paragraph includes....

• an illustration to support the ideas in the first paragraph

• a counterargument to the ideas in the first paragraph

• an analogy to the ideas in the first paragraph

• a detailed definition of a hoax

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The most appropriate title for this passage is ....

• The Problems and Frustrations of Business Student

• The Importance of Business Studies

• The Capitalization of Federal Express

• The Implementation of a successful Business

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

How is the the information in the paragraph organized?

• Various details supporting a theory are explored

• Various classifications of a specific life form are described

• Various stages of the chronological development of a life form are presented

• Various elements that compose a certain life form are outlined

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5