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Though forks were first used in China thousands of years ago, it took a long time for them to make their way to what is now the United States. 
Ancient Greeks began using forks after the Chinese. However, they did not use forks for eating. They used them for serving food. From Greece, forks moved to the Roman Empire. Romans first used long forks for cooking and serving. By the 300s, they began using table forks to feed themselves. 
The table fork spread from there to what is now the Middle East and Turkey, before arriving in Italy and becoming popular in the 1000s. It stayed popular in southern Europe, but was not used much in northern Europe until it first became popular in France and Spain in the 1700s. 
The table fork arrived in England from France before making its way to the North American colonies, where it first became popular shortly before the American Revolution.

• The fork changed after arriving in the Roman Empire.
• Roman forks were longer than Greek and Chinese forks.

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Microchips provide the power for wristwatches. They are also the brains in our computers, and they control robots. These chips are used in video games and space shuttles. They make our cameras, radios, and televisions small and light.
What is the story mainly about?

• How computers work
• Why televisions are small
• How microchips are used

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A summary is...

• A list of key details in the text that are placed in the correct order.
• A short paragraph in a fictional story that reveals the big idea, lesson, or moral.
• A short paragraph that you create which includes the main idea of the text and some key important details.
• A short paragraph that you find in the text which includes the main idea and some key details.

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Statement that is completely unbiased is...

• Subjective
• Objective
• Personal
• Nonobjective

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facts, examples, reasons, or descriptions that support the central idea

• Supporting Details
• Subtitle
• Summary
• Inference

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Which sentence below best represents the Central (Main) Idea of the passage above?

• In some elections, people cast votes to settle local issues.
• A democracy is ruled by the people for the people.
• By voting, people grant power to leaders and express their views.
• One of the most basic rights a U.S. citizen has is the right to vote.

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Which sentence below best represents the Central (Main) Idea of the passage above?

• Whalebone or driftwood was used to carve masks.
• For centuries the traditional Inuit way of Life has been expressed in their art.
• The Inuit have made dolls for at least 1,000 years.
• The Inuit have created art for hundreds of years.

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Which sentence below from the passage would best support the passage's Central Idea below?
CI: Fossils are an important source of information for scientists.

• From time to time, plant or animal remains are buried in sand.
• As the water from a river or other body of water moves, it leaves behind layers of sand and silt.
• With the help of fossils, it is easier to understand how living things evolved on Earth.

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STAAR Question: Paragraph 7 mainly focuses on -

What skill are you being asked to use for this question?

• factual claim

• main idea

• context clue

• author's purpose

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How is summarizing different from quoting? 

• Summaries allow you to restate someone's ideas in your own words without using quotation marks
• Summaries are always found at the end of a book or on a book cover
• Summaries have to be placed inside of quotation marks to show that the ideas were not originally your own
• Summaries do not require citations like direct quotes would

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