Main Idea

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Robots are used in sumo wrestling, a sport from Japan where players score by holding or pushing each other out of a ring. Robot sumo replaces humans with robots, and the robot with the most points wins.

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Robots are being used in sumo wrestling contests.

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Students compete in robot sumo contests, learning to build robots and defeat others creatively.

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Students compete in robot sumo contests.

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Students compete in robot sumo contests, learning to build robots and strategize to defeat others.

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They use excellent strategies to defeat other robots.

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Main idea isn't always what a text is mostly about.

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FALSE

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Running up and down the court, chasing the ball for five or six minutes straight without a timeout.

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Basketball is an athletic sport.

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Main idea of the paragraph about baking cookies.

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Steps to follow when making cookies.

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Sentences that elaborate on the main idea.

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Supporting details

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Topic sentence of the paragraph: Growing a garden can be fun, good exercise, and will provide fresh fruits and vegetables.

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Growing a garden can be fun, good exercise, and will provide fresh fruits and vegetables for the gardener.

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Topic sentence of the paragraph: The county fair is a great place for entertainment and fun.

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The county fair is a great place for entertainment and fun.

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Main idea of the paragraph: A person can have breakfast in New York, fly to Paris for dinner, a businesswoman in London can fax an order to Hong Kong, and a schoolboy in Tokyo can watch a baseball game in Los Angeles.

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Advances in technology have made the world seem smaller.