Central Idea and Supporting Details Vocabulary Quiz

What are supporting details?

• Facts, information, examples, etc. that help give the reader a full understanding of the central idea

• The subject that the passage/text focuses on

• The most important thought of the entire text

• The reason why the person wrote the text

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

What is the central idea?

• Facts, information, examples, etc. that help give the reader a full understanding of the central idea

• The subject that the passage/text focuses on

• The most important thought of the entire text

• The reason why the person wrote the text

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is the author's purpose?

• Facts, information, examples, etc. that help give the reader a full understanding of the central idea

• The subject that the passage/text focuses on

• The most important thought of the entire text

• The reason why the person wrote the text

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is the topic of a passage/text?

• Facts, information, examples, etc. that help give the reader a full understanding of the central idea

• The subject that the passage/text focuses on

• The most important thought of the entire text

• The reason why the person wrote the text

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

How the author "grows" the central idea and topic throughout the piece.

• Development of an idea

• summary

• central idea

• support

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Usually the first sentence of a body paragraph. It tells the central idea of that paragraph.

• Summary

• Details

• Topic Sentence

• Author's purpose

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Evidence from the text

• Usually the first sentence in a paragraph.

• Why the person wrote the text.

• The subject of the passage.

• something I can point to for support.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Examples, facts, statistics, quotes, and explanations that an author includes in their writing.

• Details

• Central Idea

• Author's Purpose

• Topic

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Information that helps to explain the central idea and topic.

• Topic Sentence

• Summarizing

• Support

• Author's Purpose

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

After reading a piece, you summarize by shortening the text into just the most important points.

• Topic Sentence

• Summarizing

• Central Idea

• Support

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2