WorksheetsCentral Ideas
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins
What is the CENTRAL IDEA of a nonfiction text?
What the text is MOSTLY about.
A full paragraph SUMMARY of a text.
The type of CONFLICT used throughout a text.
The universal truth, moral lesson, or message that the author intends for the audience.
What is the best question to ask yourself when you are trying to find the central idea of a text?
Who is the main character?
What is the significance of the main event?
What is one important detail?
What point is the author trying to make?
The CENTRAL IDEA of a nonfiction text needs to always be supported with...
Supporting details
The reader's opinion
Reliable authors
Concluding sentences
What is the central idea of the passage?
Millions of acres of tropical rainforest have been destroyed. Many animals and people lose their homes when the rain forest is cut down. Today, people are destroying the forests so quickly that the animals are unable to adapt. Many of these animals, such as the leopard, need miles and miles of untouched rain forest in order to live. Furthermore, as more of the rainforest is destroyed, the risk of air pollution and loss of oxygen increases.
Leopards are losing their homes
The destruction of the rain forest is harming humans and animals.
The destruction of the rain forest is a controversial subject
Forests provide oxygen for humans and animals
What information can the first and last sentences in a text give us?
They always give us the central idea
They sometimes give us the central idea, but not always
Not sure
What is the central idea of the passage?
Thomas Edison’s life span is known as “The age of Edison.” If it wasn’t for Thomas Edison, we might not have electric lights, telephones, movie cameras, or computers! Think of all the ways these great products affect our lives today. Edison held over 1,000 patents and received dozens of awards during his lifetime for his inventions and contributions to science.
The light bulb has become an essential invention
Thomas Edison's inventions still impact society today
Thomas Edison worked until he perfected his inventions
The process of inventing is never-ending
What is the central idea of the passage?
Jackie Robinson did something nobody had ever done before. He was not only a three-sport athlete at UCLA. He was the first African-American to play on a Major league baseball team, the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson had to deal with racism all over the country. He was treated very poorly by the by other players and fans in the stadiums he visited. But, whenever things got difficult, his courage and determination kept him going. Today his number 42 is retired on every team in major league baseball, and he is in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Jackie Robinson is in the Baseball Hall of Fame
Jackie Robinson played many different sports
Jackie Robinson is an important figure in American History
Jackie Robinson played for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Repeated words in a text are important because..
They make the text sound and look good
They may be a clue of what the central idea is
Not sure
What is the central idea of the passage?
The law was not exactly fair in Europe during the Middle Ages. Back then, you could blame someone in your town for committing a crime. The “criminal” could then challenge you to a fight to prove his guilt or innocence. If you lost the fight, you were charged as a liar and the criminal was believed to be innocent. If you won, the criminal was believed to be guilty.
Laws of the Middle Ages were unfair.
Fighting was a good way to determine guilt or innocence during the Middle Ages.
Most people lied about crime in the Middle Ages.
Individuals that were innocent of crimes often won the fighting challenges.
Why are illustrations in a text important?
They make the text look prettier
They can offer clues to the central idea
They take up space in a text
