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I can't wait until this weekend! We’re going to my grandparents’ house and my entire family will be there. I will spend most of my time playing games with my cousins. We always have such a good time together! The day goes by so fast, and by the end we are all exhausted... but we still don’t want to leave!
What is the main idea?

• Weekends are times to travel.
• The author enjoys spending time with her family.
• The author's grandparents live far away.
• The author is sad to leave her cousins.

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Which sentence helps us understand the sadness of war.

• The cannons roared and the soldiers marched up the hill.
• The flag whipped in the wind as the ship swept the sea.
• The rain came down and landed on the wounded like a mother's tears.
• The warplanes roared into battle and exchanged fire.

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Main idea

• What the story is all about
• The lesson learned
• Read between the lines

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Squeaky feels that she has disappointed her mother by

• not acting like a "traditional" girl 
• not learning how to sing in a choir
• not doing better in her schoolwork
• not taking better care of Raymond

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Which of these things is not related to the "theme" in a story?

• how a character is feeling
• a "life lesson" the main character learns
• a big idea that people from any culture or any place can understand
• the moral of the story

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Main Idea/ Details
What is the main idea of The Circuit?

• School is important and we all need an education.
• Music education is important for kids to be successful in life. 
• The life of migrant farm workers is hard because they are constantly moving. 
• Cardboard boxes are necessary for moving even if they make people upset. 

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THE MEssage about life that the poem or story tells
Ex: friendship, bravery, courage

• alliteration
• tone
• theme
• stanza

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In a piece of narrative text, what is the "theme"?

• What the story is about
• The topic of the text
• A message the author is trying to get across to the reader
• Where and when the story happens

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A fictional tale that explains natural phenomena through the action of gods and goddesses 

• mythical
• myth
• moral
• realistic fiction

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What is true about thematic statements?

• It is that same as a subject.
• It is the idea the author wishes to convey abut a subject.
• It is the same as the moral of the story.
• There is only one theme per story.

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