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Summary, Main Idea, Theme

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a brief recollection or account of the main points of a piece of writing, action or event

a)

summary

b)

main idea

c)

theme

2.

There are only two ways to summarize a story.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The two ways we learned to summarize a story are GIST Summary and SWBST

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The first step in a GIST Summary is to put your answers from the 5Ws into a 10-20 word summary.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The first "S" is SWBST stands for

(a)  

6.

The "W" in SWBST stands for

(a)  

7.

The "B" in SWBST stands for

(a)  

8.

The second "S" in SWBST stands for

(a)  

9.

The "T" in SWBST stands for

(a)  

10.

tells us what the story is mostly about

a)

summary

b)

main idea

c)

theme

11.

central message or moral of the story

a)

summary

b)

main idea

c)

theme

12.

cannot be taken away from the story and includes specific information

a)

main idea

b)

theme

13.

can be taken out of the story and applied to other texts and life

a)

main idea

b)

theme

14.

can be directly stated in a text

a)

main idea

b)

theme

15.

isn't directly stated in a text

a)

main idea

b)

theme