Central Idea Supporting details Review

What does the central idea of a story tell the reader?

• a specific detail from the story
• The conflict of the story
• What the story is about 
• The universal truth, moral, or idea the author wants to express

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

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What is the best question to ask yourself when you are trying to find the main idea?

• Who is the main character?
• What is the main event?
• What is one important detail?
• What point is the author trying to make?

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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

Choose ALL the responses that describe a central idea. Choose ALL that apply.

• A central idea is a main idea.

• A central idea can be found in an informative text.

• A central idea is what a text attempts to teach you about a topic.

• A central idea is one word.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What are supporting details?

• Pieces of information that an author uses to develop the main idea and teach the reader about the topic

• The focus of an informational text; what the author wants the reader to learn or know

• Statistics that communicate important data to the reader

• The overall topic or focus of an informational text

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

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Select the supporting detail that doesn't fit.
Topic Sentence: My cat is afraid of everything.

• He hides under the couch when you turn the microwave on.
• He sleeps all day long.
• He runs away when you sweep the floor.
• He jumps every time the doorbell rings.

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Bella is going to have a birthday party. She is turning fifteen on Sunday. The dress that she will wear was bought from France. Both of her parents spent a lot for this celebration. All her friends are invited to the party. What is the main idea?

• All her friends are invited

• Bella’s peach dress

• Bella’s birthday party

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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

Supporting details are_______________________-

• the central idea

• more important information

• words, phrases,or sentences that tell more about the central idea

• irrelevant information given

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Mount Rushmore is a huge carving in a stone cliff. The carving shows the faces of four U.S. presidents. They are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota. Each year many people visit this amazing sight.

What is the main idea?

• Mount Rushmore is a carving in a stone cliff.

• Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota

• George Washington is one of the faces on Mount Rushmore.

• Mount Rushmore attracts visitors.

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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

Mount Rushmore is a huge carving in a stone cliff. The carving shows the faces of four U.S. presidents. They are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota. Each year many people visit this amazing sight.

What is a detail that tells about the main idea?

• How the four presidents were chosen.

• Mount Rushmore is rarely visited because it is in South Dakota.

• Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln are the presidents carved into Mount Rushmore.

• No one is interested in Mount Rushmore anymore.

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which best describes a summary?

• a really long detailed piece of writing

• the entire text told in your own words

• a thing that teachers make you write

• the main ideas and important details of a text

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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