Controlling Idea and Supporting Evidence in Nonfiction

What is the main focus of the video tutorial?

• Grammar and punctuation

• Controlling idea and supporting evidence in non-fiction texts

• Fictional storytelling

• Poetry analysis

What is the relationship between dogs and humans according to the example passage?

• Dogs and humans have a distant relationship

• Dogs and humans have a close relationship

• Dogs are wild animals

• Dogs are not related to humans

What is a controlling idea?

• An idea that changes throughout the text

• A random thought in the text

• An unrelated idea in the text

• An idea that is consistent throughout the text

How did humans and dogs become close according to the passage?

• By sharing food

• Through natural evolution

• Through selective breeding by humans

• By living in the same environment

What is supporting evidence?

• An opinion about the topic

• A detail that supports the controlling idea

• A detail that contradicts the controlling idea

• A random detail in the text

What is an example of supporting evidence in the passage?

• Dogs are not related to humans

• Dogs and humans have a distant relationship

• Dogs are wild animals

• Years of selective breeding by humans

What analogy is used to explain the relationship between topic, controlling idea, and supporting evidence?

• A circle

• A pyramid

• A funnel

• A tree

Which of the following is NOT a controlling idea?

• Selective breeding has led to different types of dogs

• Humans and dogs have a close relationship

• Wolves are the original species humans interacted with

• Dogs are human's best friend

Which of the following is an opinion?

• Dogs are descended from the gray wolf

• Golden retrievers have soft fur

• Selective breeding has led to different types of dogs

• Dogs were domesticated about 130,000 years ago

What should be considered as evidence?

• A contradictory statement

• A random thought

• A fact

• An opinion