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Main Idea & Supporting Details Vocab

Authored by Zeneida Vaquero

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Main Idea & Supporting Details Vocab
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1.

MATCH QUESTION

5 mins • 8 pts

Match the following

The topic of a text. What the text is about.

Analogy

the central or most important idea about a topic that the writer wants to communicate to readers.

Subject

A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.

Conclusion

an ending or wrap-up for your writing

Main Idea

the person or thing the passage is about--usually one or two words

Topic

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

2.

MATCH QUESTION

5 mins • 8 pts

Match the following

information or facts that support or add more to the main idea

Details

something that actually exists and can be proven true

objective summary

to bear or hold up; serve as a foundation for*any material that serves to prove a claim

Facts

a summary free from opinions or bias.

Supporting Details

Facts, statistics, examples, stories, quotations, definitions, reasons, comparisons which support yo

Support

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

3.

MATCH QUESTION

5 mins • 9 pts

Match the following

The most important point the writer is trying to make is DIRECTLY stated.

Implicit Main Idea

not stated directly in the text; implied

opinion

give special importance or prominence to (something) in speaking or writing

Explicit Main Idea

Important to the highest degree

emphasize

A personal judgement or belief about a person or thing

essential

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

the person or thing the passage is about--usually one or two words

Topic

Main Idea

Conclusion

Analogy

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

the central or most important idea about a topic that the writer wants to communicate to readers.

Main Idea

Conclusion

Analogy

Subject

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

an ending or wrap-up for your writing

Topic

Conclusion

Analogy

Subject

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.

Topic

Main Idea

Analogy

Subject

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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