Main Idea and Supporting Details

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A statement that tells what a passage is mostly about.

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Main idea

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What are the facts in the sentence called? Options: Facts, Main Idea, Supporting Details, Summary

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Supporting Details

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Where is the main idea most often found? Options: In the title of the story, In the first couple of sentences of the paragraphs, In the middle of the story, In the glossary.

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In the first couple of sentences of the paragraphs.

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What is the main idea about Mount Rushmore?

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What Mount Rushmore is

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What is a detail that tells about the main idea of Mount Rushmore?

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which presidents are at Mount Rushmore

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Mount Rushmore is a huge carving in a stone cliff. The carving shows the faces of four U.S. presidents. They are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota. Each year many people visit this amazing sight.

The best title for this paragraph would be?

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Mount Rushmore Carvings

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What is the main idea of the passage about Mark's skating dream?

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Mark wants everyone to think he's a great skater without doing the hard work.

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What is the main idea?

Tom started to reel in his line. The fish tugged and pulled hard. Judging by the weight of his catch, this fish could feed his family for three days. Tom struggled to stay in the boat and not be pulled over the side. Finally his catch came into view. He had snagged a snapping turtle!

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Tom catches a snapping turtle while fishing.

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That roller coaster is dangerous.

The best supporting details for the above topic sentence is ...

Options: It is slower than any other roller coaster in the state. The curves of its track are so wide and the hills are so shallow that a ride on this roller coaster seems like a drive in the country. People don’t scream when they ride it. Instead, they enjoy the view from above the park.

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It is known as one of the best roller coasters in the country. People will wait in lines for hours just to try it. At certain points it reaches the same speeds as cars do on highways. The track is so tall and long that you can see it miles away.

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Last year, it broke down several times, leaving people stranded in their cars sixty feet off the ground. In most cars, the seat belts are torn and don’t always buckle properly. One area of the track shakes and makes a strange grinding sound whenever a car passes over it.

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Last year, it broke down several times, leaving people stranded in their cars sixty feet off the ground. In most cars, the seat belts are torn and don’t always buckle properly. One area of the track shakes and makes a strange grinding sound whenever a car passes over it.

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Margo is a very rude worker.

The best supporting details for the above topic sentence are ...

• She keeps customers waiting while she talks with a coworker. When someone asks her about a sale item, she snaps, “If it isn’t on the shelf, we don’t have it!” When her boss isn’t watching her, she answers the telephone by saying, “Yeah, what do you want?”

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She keeps customers waiting while she talks with a coworker. When someone asks her about a sale item, she snaps, “If it isn’t on the shelf, we don’t have it!” When her boss isn’t watching her, she answers the telephone by saying, “Yeah, what do you want?”