Text Structure & Main Idea

The year is 2013. Mr. Armstrong, your Social Studies teacher, has just asked you to get our your very heavy textbook to read about Greece through the ages. This is likely what kind of text structure?

• description

• sequence

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• compare and contrast

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A(n) _________ text typically has a theme.

• informational

• narrative

• poetry

• genre

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A(n) _________ text typically has a main idea.

• informational

• narrative

• poetry

• genre

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following could be the theme of a text?

• An old man used to be a farmer but then decided he wanted to move to New York City. He liked the skyscrapers.

• A man sees a group of people he used to work with a long time ago and realizes he has changed.

• Returning home after a long time away feels great.

• No matter what a person has been through, their past does not define them.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following could be a theme of a text?

• A brave young girl pretends to be a man and takes her father's place in the army.

• Fear is more dangerous than any beast.

• A fear of heights.

• "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too."

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

When the Twilight movie premiered, many film critics analyzed the differences between it and the book. This is likely which kind of text structure?

• description

• sequence

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• compare and contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following could be the main idea of a text?

• An old man used to be a farmer but then decided he wanted to move to New York City. He liked the skyscrapers.

• A man sees a group of people he used to work with a long time ago and realizes he has changed.

• Returning home after a long time away feels great.

• No matter what a person has been through, their past does not define them.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

In which structure does an author explain the causes and the results of a topic?

• description

• sequence

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• compare and contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Theme and main idea are the same thing.

• True

• False

• I'm not sure.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In which structure does an author explain the causes of a problem and how it was eventually solved?

• description

• sequence

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• compare and contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5