Rohan and Zoe are discussing a book they just read. Rohan says, 'The central idea is...'

• the main idea of the book.

• a detail from the book.

• the first sentence of a paragraph in the book.

• a quote you provide from the book.

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How is main idea different from theme?

• Theme incudes specific names and details from the text.

• Main idea includes specific names and details from the text

• The main idea tells the lesson or moral of the text.

• The theme is the main topic or focus of the text.

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True or False: The main idea is directly tied to the author's main point or argument. ​ (a)  

• False

• true

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Which of the following is NOT a type of specific detail that could support the main idea?

• points made

• events

• conversations

• bibliography

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What is a summary?

• A restatement of a piece of writing that is both brief and written in your own words
• One long quote that uses all of the author's words exactly
• The reader's personal thoughts and opinions about the article and the author
• Just putting the main idea of an article into your own words

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When writing a summary, what type of information do you want to use for the supporting details?

• All of the information that the article gives
• Only the important information or key details that the article gives
• Only the extra information or "fluff" that the article gives
• Whatever facts the reader thinks are most interesting

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What should you be doing during your "First Reading" of a new article?

• Trying to understand what the article is about in general
• Looking for all of the key details
• Writing your main idea sentence
• Reading the article as fast as possible to get to the second reading

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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first men to walk on the moon, but they were not the last. That was Gene Cernan, the last man to step off the lunar surface. In total there have been twelve men who have walked on the moon, all of whom had done so between 1969 and 1972, which is the most recent non-Michael Jackson moon walking. What is the topic of the passage?

(a)  

• men who walked on the moon
• astronauts in space
• NASA
• Michael Jackson, the musician

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It is estimated that over twenty million pounds of candy corn are sold in the US each year. Brach’s, the top manufacturer, sells enough candy corn to circle the earth 4.25 times if each piece were laid end to end. That’s a lot of candy corn, but that’s nothing compared to the production of Tootsie Rolls. Over 64 million Tootsie Rolls are produced every day! But even Tootsie Rolls have got nothing on the candy industry’s staple product: chocolate. Confectioners manufacture over twenty billion pounds of chocolate in the United States each year. Now that’s a mouthful! What is the main idea of the paragraph?

• How much popular candies are produced.

• Tootsie Rolls are considered America's favorite candies

• People eat a lot of candy each year.

• Chocolate has been voted the world's favorite candy.

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When one hears the term "reality" applied to a show, one might expect that the events occurred naturally or, at the least, were not scripted. This is not always the case. Many reality shows occur in unreal environments, like rented mansions occupied by film crews. Such living environments do not reflect what most people understand to be "reality." Worse, there have been accusations that events not captured on film were later restaged by producers. Also, some involved in the production of "reality" television claim that the participants were urged to act out story lines already written by producers. With such accusations floating around, it's no wonder many people take reality TV to be fake. What is the main idea?

(a)  

• Reality TV isn't always real.
• Most people on reality TV aren't rich.

• Reality TV makes everyone a star.

• Reality TV shows are like sitcoms.

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