The repetition of ideas points towards the main idea.
Main Idea

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English
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7th Grade
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Hard
Sarah Williams
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
True
False
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Jon held the ball in his hands. He bounced it slowly on the ground. Once. Twice. He crouched low and then jumped. The ball flew into the air. Up, up, up, it went. Then down, down, into the basket. “Yes!” he yelled. “Nothing but net!”
What is the main idea?
How to throw a basketball.
Jon could jump.
Jon liked basketball.
Jon makes a basket.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the main idea?
Its the authors point of view
Is what the passage is mostly about
It is the sequence of the story.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Tom started to reel in his line. The fish tugged and pulled hard. Judging by the weight of his catch, this fish could feed his family for three days. Tom struggled to stay in the boat and not be pulled over the side. Finally his catch came into view. He had snagged a snapping turtle!
What is the main idea?
Tom finds enough food for his family.
Tom gets pulled out of his boat by a huge fish.
Tom didn't catch anything.
Tom catches a snapping turtle while fishing.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
You should determine the main idea by combining the supporting details.
True
False
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the main idea?
bananas, oranges, lemons, apples
yellow things
fruit
my favorite foods
sports
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What kind of sentence tells the main idea of a paragraph?
supporting detail
topic sentence
example sentence
transition sentence
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