Central Idea

what is central idea?

• main focus of the article

• to break it down

• how it is structured

You will need 3 supporting details from the article to support your central idea

• True

• False

Which quotation should be included in an accurate summary of the passage “Beam Me Up, Smell­ie!”?

• “Talk about instant travel in space and time!”

  (paragraph 1)

• “In our everyday experience, it seems that nothing jogs

  the memory better than a smell.” (paragraph 2)

• “The researchers gave people tests of facts about the

  museum, asking what they remembered about their

  visits. . . .” (paragraph 2)

• “Odors are processed and memories are retrieved (but

  not stored) in the brain’s right half.” (paragraph 5)

Which statement best describes how the author develops the central idea that sense of smell is an important part of memory recall in “Beam Me Up, Smell­ie!”?

• by describing experiments scientists have done about

  memory and smells

• by sharing stories about how smells triggered memories

  for certain people

• by illustrating a specific example of how a smell triggered

  a memory in an individual

• by explaining the scientific connection between the

  human brain and the sense of smell

Which metaphor best represents this image?

c

time is like moeny

money is time

time is money

time is green

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

The _____________ is what the author wants us to know about the text. It can present itself as the message, or even the main idea.

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

When we _______________ a text, we look for the most important points that the author has made, and we paraphrase them in our own words to say what the text was about.

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

In the poem, 'Animal Wisdom', we see that a ________, or a message, of the text is that animals and humans can work recognize the beauty in the world, and work to protect it.

is a brief, overall
summary of what the entire story is about. Typically, we explain the central
idea in one sentence. The central idea is different from the theme and the
message. It's the backbone of a story's plot

• central idea

• theme

• stanza

• tone

the main point they are trying to make
in a written work. The claim is supported by evidence from the text. The
claim needs to be both clear and supported by facts and evidence.

• impact

• Author's claim

• tone

• structure