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

Main Idea

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

Topic

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

Conclusion

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

Subject

an ending or wrap-up for your writing

Analogy

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

2.

MATCH QUESTION

5 mins • 8 pts

Match the following

a summary free from opinions or bias.

objective summary

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

Supporting Details

something that actually exists and can be proven true

Support

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

Facts

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

Details

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

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

essential

A personal judgement or belief about a person or thing

emphasize

not stated directly in the text; implied

Implicit Main Idea

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

opinion

Important to the highest degree

Explicit Main Idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

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.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.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.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 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.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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