Determining Central Ideas

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

• Hares are bigger than rabbits.

• Hares and rabbits are not the same.

• Rabbits live together in burrows.

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

• Peter cannot go in the living room.

• Peter's parents don't like the carpet.

• Peter likes to make a mess.

• Peter's parents made new rules so the new carpet stays clean.

what are the steps to determine the central idea in a nonfiction text?

• Use basic text features: Ex: HEADING of the passage. SUBHEADINGS. Although some subheadings convey supporting details, so be careful!

  2.Determine the Text Structure: T

• Read the title

• Read the first sentence and the last sentence in the story.

School uniforms are far cheaper than the currently popular fashions. Many students work long hours at a paying job instead of doing homework because they feel they have to "keep up appearances." If students wore uniforms, there would be no need for most of them to have jobs that take away from their study time.

This passage is mostly about?

• popular fashions being expensive

• school uniforms being a good idea.

• students working many hours at jobs.

• teens enjoying wearing uniforms.

What is the word that means:“The main message of the text or a lesson about human behavior; a life lesson"?

• Central Idea

• Theme

• Moral

• Lesson

The deep-sea divers pursuing profit must carefully research their sites to make sure it is legal to take artifacts from the location. They must also take measures to preserve the artifacts so that they don't corrode and lose value once they are recovered. For these deep-sea divers, the measure of their success is the dollar value of the treasure they find.

what is the central idea of this paragraph?

• Divers need to make sure they are not losing money.

• The divers must take measure to make sure the site legal to research.

The frog sat on the side of the pond.  He was very still.  His green color made him hard to see.  A bug flew near him.  His tongue zipped out, and he gobbled it up.  Then the frog was still again.  He waited for the next bug.
What is the main idea?

• Frogs are green .

• Frogs eat bugs.

• Frogs do not move.

• Frogs live in ponds.

What was the theme of the poem "To Failure"?

• Hopeful

• Regretful

• Empowerment

What is another name for the Central idea?

• main idea

• supporting idea

• random idea

Details and facts that support the central idea is also known as the "Supporting Idea"

• True

• False