Main Idea

What is the main idea of the passage?

• Although second-language learning is important, students in the United States are less likely than those in Europe to learn a second language.

• Fewer American students than European students learn a second language, so some states are promoting the study of foreign languages.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is the main idea of the passage?

• An increase in oil and gas drilling has caused a corresponding increase in earthquakes in six states.

• Residents of six U.S states have experienced an increase in earthquake activity in recent years.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

What is the main idea of the passage?

• Birds are attracted to the steady red lights on communication towers.

• To save birds, communication towers have begun using blinking lights.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is the main idea of the passage?

• The Crimean War was fought between the Russians and the British, French, and Turkish.

• The Crimean War was the first war to be documented for civilians.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is the main idea of the passage?

• Shane Loeffler's exprience in a plan led him to create an app that would provide information to flyers about the land below them.

• Shane Loeffler's plane flight home from Europe led him to think about the geological features of the land below him.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.7.2