Main idea non fiction

Yellowstone National Park is mainly located in Wyoming, although three percent is located in the state of Montana. The Continental Divide of North America runs diagonally through the southwestern part of the park. The park sits on the Yellowstone Plateau, which is an average elevation of 8,000 feet above sea level. This plateau is bounded on nearly all sides by mountain ranges. There are 290 waterfalls that are at least fifteen feet in the park, the highest being the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River, which falls 308 feet.

The Main Idea for this passage is Yellowstone National Park has many physical features.

Which details support this main idea?

• Yellowstone National Park has many visitors each year.

• Yellowstone National Park is a beautiful park.

• Yellowstone National Park sits on the Yellowstone Plateau.

• Yellowstone National Park has 290 waterfalls that are at least 15 feet.

Words that mean the opposite are called-

• synonyms

• antonyms

What the paragraph, section or story is mostly about.

• details

• text features

• main idea

What do you call words that mean the SAME?

• synonyms

• antonyms

Is this book fiction or Non-Fiction?

• Fiction

• Non-Fiction

Entertaining stories that include characters, setting, problem and solution/resolution. (CPR)

• Fiction

• Non-fiction

• drama

• poetry

What is this text feature?

• Map
• The United States
• Picture
• Caption

Why is it a good idea to read the questions before the selection?

• to activate your schema (background knowledge)

• to see what types of questions you'll be asked

• All of these are correct

After you read the title of a test selection or passage, you should.....

• Ignore it

• think about what the story might be about

• highlight it

The "speaker" is another word for-

• topic

• narrator

• subject