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Which of the following is NOT a supporting detail?
Which of the following is NOT a supporting detail?
What is the main idea of the paragraph?
What is the CONTROLLING IDEA of this paragraph?
You’ve probably heard that older men die before older women virtually everywhere in the world. In the United States, women are expected to live an average of 80.4 years, while men live only 75.2 years. Sociologists attribute many factors to this trend. For example, men have higher testosterone levels than women, which may make men more likely to abuse alcohol and tobacco, drive aggressively, and engage in other life-threatening behaviors. Men also choose riskier types of work and become involved in wartime aggression, which are connected to men’s decreased life expectancy. Studies also show that women are less likely to experience life-threatening illnesses and health problems than men are.
Women are generally in better health than men.
Men engage in more risky behaviors than women.
Men have more testosterone than women.
Men's life expectancy is shorter than women's.
What is the CONTROLLING IDEA of this paragraph?
Many people look back to the 1950s as the golden age of the traditional family, but was it really? Many families were unable to survive the traumas of war and its aftermath, and the divorce rate rose from one in six in 1940 to one in four marriages in 1946. Although many families prospered in the years following World War II, many others suffered from economic hardship. In 1948, Newsweek reported that most of the 27 million schoolchildren in the United States were badly in need of medical or dental care, while more than 900 thousand children were malnourished.
The families in USA went through a lot of divorces in the 1950s.
The families in USA faced many problems in the 1950s.
The 1950s were the golden age for families in USA.
Which is a SUPPORTING DETAIL for the main idea? (There is more than one answer.)
The United States has a severe fire problem that if not addressed, will continue to worsen drastically. Fire statistics show that our nation, one of the richest and most technologically sophisticated countries in the world, lags behind its peer nations in fire security. Nationally, there are millions of fires, thousands of deaths, tens of thousands of injuries, and billions of dollars lost each year—figures which far exceed comparable statistics for other industrialized countries. In 2001, for example, the direct value of property destroyed in fires was $11 billion ($44 billion if the World Trade Center loss is included). More recently in 2004, direct property losses from fires were estimated at over $9.8 billion.
In 2001, for example, the direct value of property destroyed in fires was $11 billion ($44 billion if the World Trade Center loss is included).
The United States has a severe fire problem that if not addressed, will continue to worsen drastically.
More recently in 2004, direct property losses from fires were estimated at over $9.8 billion.
Fire statistics show that our nation, one of the richest and most technologically sophisticated countries in the world, lags behind its peer nations in fire security.
Which is a SUPPORTING DETAIL for the main idea? (There is more than one answer.)
The star system has been the backbone of the American film industry since the mid 1910s. Stars are the creation of the public, its reigning favorites. Their influence in the fields of fashion, values, and public behavior has been enormous. “The social history of a nation can be written in terms of its film stars,” Raymond Durgnat has observed. Stars confer instant consequence to any film they appear in. Their fees have staggered the public. In the 1920s, Mary Pickford and Charles Chaplin were the two highest paid employees in the world. Contemporary stars such as Julia Roberts and Tom Cruise command salaries of many millions per film, so popular are these box-office giants. Some stars had careers that spanned five decades: Bette Davis and John Wayne, to name just two.
The star system has been the backbone of the American film industry since the mid 1910s.
Stars are the creation of the public, its reigning favorites.
In the 1920s, Mary Pickford and Charles Chaplin were the two highest paid employees in the world.
Some stars had careers that spanned five decades: Bette Davis and John Wayne, to name just two.
Which is a SUPPORTING DETAIL for the main idea? (There is more than one answer.)
For decades, we have looked at our steadily increasing life expectancy rates and proudly proclaimed that Americans’ health has never been better. Recently, however, health organizations and international groups have attempted to quantify the number of years a person lives with a disability or illness, compared with the number of healthy years. The World Health Organization summarizes this concept as healthy life expectancy. Simply stated, healthy life expectancy refers to the number of years a newborn can expect to live in full health, based on current rates of illness and mortality and also on the quality of their lives. For example, if we could delay the onset of diabetes so that a person didn’t develop the disease until he or she was 60 years old, rather than developing it at 30, there would be a dramatic increase in this individual’s healthy life expectancy.
For decades, we have looked at our steadily increasing life expectancy rates and proudly proclaimed that Americans’ health has never been better.
Simply stated, healthy life expectancy refers to the number of years a newborn can expect to live in full health, based on current rates of illness and mortality and also on the quality of their lives.
The World Health Organization summarizes this concept as healthy life expectancy.
For example, if we could delay the onset of diabetes so that a person didn’t develop the disease until he or she was 60 years old, rather than developing it at 30, there would be a dramatic increase in this individual’s healthy life expectancy.
Which is a SUPPORTING DETAIL for the main idea?
Are you “twittered out”? Is all that texting causing your thumbs to seize up in protest? If so, you’re not alone. Like millions of others, you may find that all of the pressure for contact is more than enough stress for you! Known as technostress, the bombardment is defined as stress created by a dependence on technology and the constant state of being plugged in or wirelessly connected, which can include a perceived obligation to respond, chat, or tweet.
Like millions of others, you may find that all of the pressure for contact is more than enough stress for you!
If so, you’re not alone.
Are you “twittered out”?
Known as technostress, the bombardment is defined as stress created by a dependence on technology and the constant state of being plugged in or wirelessly connected, which can include a perceived obligation to respond, chat, or tweet.
What is a SUPPORTING DETAIL in the paragraph?
A century ago politicians used to say, “Vote early and often.” Cases such as West Virginia’s 159,000 votes being cast by 147,000 eligible voters in 1888 were not that unusual. Largely to prevent corruption associated with stuffing ballot boxes, states adopted voter registration laws around the turn of the century, which require individuals to first place their name on an electoral roll in order to be allowed to vote. Although these laws have made it more difficult to vote more than once, they have also discouraged some people from voting at all. Voter registration requirements in the United States are, in part, to blame for why Americans are significantly less likely to go to the polls than citizens of other democratic nations.
A century ago politicians used to say, “Vote early and often.”
Cases such as West Virginia’s 159,000 votes being cast by 147,000 eligible voters in 1888 were not that unusual.
Largely to prevent corruption associated with stuffing ballot boxes, states adopted voter registration laws around the turn of the century, which require individuals to first place their name on an electoral roll in order to be allowed to vote.
Although these laws have made it more difficult to vote more than once, they have also discouraged some people from voting at all.
Dora the Explorer is an educational show for kids.
Do you ever wonder how you taste things? You owe your sense of taste to your taste buds. We have 9,000 taste buds just on the tongue alone. There are also taste buds on the roof of your mouth. You even have taste buds on the back of your throat.
What does the author want you to learn about the passage?
Why we can taste only sweet things.
that we taste through our nose
Taste buds are found in different places.
What is the central idea?
What is the central idea?
Robots are being used in sumo wrestling contests. Sumo wrestling is a sport that started in Japan. It takes place in a ring. Two players try to score points by holding each other down or pushing each other out of the ring. Robot sumo uses robots instead of humans. The robot that scores the most points wins.
Which sentence supports the idea that Camp David is secure?
Topic Sentence: There are many reasons people find clowns scary.
When you bake cookies, you first have to make sure you have all the ingredients. Then you have to mix them together. Finally, you have to put them in the oven.
Most people already know they should eat fruits and vegetables to stay healthy. It is also important to get exercise. It is equally important to get enough sleep at night.
