Telling a Story

The author wrote this selection to —

• A encourage people to start telling their own stories

• present the ways storytelling impacts the world 

• explain the educational qualities of stories

• explain the educational qualities of stories on adults

Is this a Main Idea / Controlling Idea or a Supporting Detail? Stories are told all around the world.

• Main / Controlling Idea

• Supporting Detail

Is this a Main Idea / Controlling Idea or a Supporting Detail? Storytelling is an important part of being human.

• Main / Controlling Idea

• Supporting Detail

Is this a Main Idea / Controlling Idea or a Supporting Detail? Stories serve people and communities in positive ways.

• Main / Controlling Idea

• Supporting Detail

Is this a Main Idea / Controlling Idea or a Supporting Detail? Storytelling is a way to teach good listening skills.

• Main / Controlling Idea

• Supporting Detail

Based on the information in this text, which is an introduction to a longer book, with which statement would the author most likely agree?

• Storytelling is an artistic event.

• The best stories come from books.

• Reading a story is the same as telling it aloud.

• Storytellers need training to tell a good story.

Which phrase from paragraph 2 helps readers understand the meaning of universal?

• story has begun

• something deep within

• no known culture without

• the craving to know

Paragraph 3 is important to the selection because it —

• explains where in the world storytelling can be encountered

• lists examples of the type of people who tell stories

• suggests that stories may have hidden meanings

• gives an idea of how storytelling can be defined

What feature of paragraph 6 helps the author support her idea?

• The point of view of the spider story

• The description of the storyteller

• The specific example of how a story can teach leaders

• The suggestion that being greedy is a negative behavior

The author organizes the information in paragraphs 7 and 8 to —

• explain the ways in which storytelling delivers information

• suggest that groups that rely on storytelling are rare

• demonstrate the various historical uses of storytelling

• contrast how different groups of people use storytelling