Main Idea

Main Idea

6th - 8th Grade

17 Qs

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Main Idea

Main Idea

Assessment

Quiz

English

6th - 8th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RI.7.2, RL.6.2, RL.7.2

+9

Standards-aligned

Created by

Tonette McQueen

Used 1+ times

FREE Resource

17 questions

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1.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Explain the differences between the Main Idea and a Summary.

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

2.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Explain the strategy for identifying an Explicit Main Idea.

Evaluate responses using AI:

OFF

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

3.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Recognizing Main Ideas and Supporting Details

The ​ ​ (a)   of a paragraph is ​ (b)   in the paragraph--what the paragraph is all about.

main idea
most important

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What's another name for the main idea?

plot

subject

central idea

conflict

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How can a reader locate the main idea of a passage?

summarize the passage

remember what was read

tell the story in your own words

ask the question who or what the passage is about

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does explicit mean?

Not stated in the passage

Clearly stated in the passage

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do you find the implied main idea in a passage?

find the general topic

identify supporting details

decide how the details relate to the topic

all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

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