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Identifying Main Ideas and Topics

Authored by Kristen Daniel

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 5+ times

Identifying Main Ideas and Topics
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1.

MATCH QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

Match the following

The primary most important point

Implicit Main Idea

A personal judgement or belief about a person or thing

Main or Central Idea

not stated directly in the text; implied

essential

Important to the highest degree

Explicit Main Idea

The most important point the writer is trying to make is DIRECTLY stated.

opinion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

2.

MATCH QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

Match the following

something that actually exists and can be proven true

Facts

to bear or hold up; serve as a foundation for*any material that serves to prove a claim

Supporting Details

Facts, statistics, examples, stories, quotations, definitions, reasons, comparisons which support yo

objective summary

a summary free from opinions or bias.

Support

information or facts that support or add more to the main idea

Details

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

the person or thing the passage is about--usually one or two words

Topic

Main Idea

Conclusion

Analogy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

the central or most important idea about a topic that the writer wants to communicate to readers.

Main Idea

Conclusion

Analogy

Subject

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

an ending or wrap-up for your writing

Topic

Conclusion

Analogy

Subject

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

The topic of a text. What the text is about.

Main Idea

Conclusion

Analogy

Subject

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

*to bear or hold up; serve as a foundation for

*any material that serves to prove a claim

Supporting Details

Details

Support

objective summary

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

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