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The result or thing that happened

• Effect

• Infer

• Cause

• Sequence

The Reason why something happened

• Effect

• Cause

• Opinion

• Infer

A struggle or difficulty that a character faces

• Solution

• Opinion

• Cause

• Problem

The solving of a problem in a story

• Conclusion

• Solution

• Effect

• Cause

What a text or part of a text is mostly about

• Main Idea

• Cause

• Conclusion

• Detail

The author or reader's belief about a topic

• Conclusion

• Opinion

• Cause

• Solution

A detail or piece of information that can't be argued

• Solution

• Central Message

• Fact

• Opinion

Floods can cause tremendous damage.  They can ruin houses, roads and buildings. Floods can take down trees and cause mudslides. It often leaves mud, sand and debris behind.  It can take months to clean up after a flood.
 What is the main idea?

• Floods can cause a lot of damage.
• Floods cause mudslides.
• Floods damage houses and roads. 

Soccer is known in some countries as football. It is a popular sport across the world, with over 200 countries playing the sport. It is estimated that over 250 million people, both men and women, play soccer. The sport has been part of the Olympic games from 1900 to 1928 and from 1936 to today.
 What is the main idea?

• Soccer is important at the Olympics.
• Soccer is a worldwide sport.
• Soccer is also called football.
• Soccer is played by men and women.

Dolphins are very smart animals.  They even have their own language.   They talk to each other with clicks, whistles, and grunts.  Scientists have been studying this dolphin language.  They hope that in the future, people and dolphins will be able to talk to each other. This paragraph mainly tells:

• how dolphins talk to people
• how smart dolphins are 
• how dolpins are different from fish
• which scientists are studying languages