main idea and theme

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What is the main idea of the passage about activities at the beach?

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There are many fun things to do at the beach.

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What is the main idea? John and Matt want to be firemen. They want to ride on the big fire truck. John wants to climb ladders and rescue people from fires. Matt wants to hold the big hose and spray water on the fires to put them out.

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John and Matt want to be firemen

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Jenny visited her grandmother in the hospital. She saw how kind and helpful the nurses were to her grandmother. Now she wants to be a nurse when she grows up. She wants to help sick people get well.
What is the main idea?

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Jenny wants to be a nurse.

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What is the main idea? Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Brown are bakers. They work at a store called Bake Goods to Go. Mrs. Jones works nights. She bakes cakes, cookies, and pies. Mrs. Brown works in the daytime. She bakes bread and rolls. Both Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Brown are very good bakers.

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Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Brown are bakers.

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What is the main idea? Mary has a new pet. Her pet is a baby kitten. It is soft and cuddly. The kitten likes to sleep a lot. Mary put a soft blanket in a box for its bed. Mary plays with her kitten when it is awake. She never forgets to feed her kitten.

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Mary’s new pet is a kitten.

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What is the main idea of the passage about the frog?

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Frogs eat bugs.

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What is the main idea of the backward day at school?

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The students had a backward day.

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What is the main idea of the passage: Jon held the ball in his hands. He bounced it slowly on the ground. Once. Twice. He crouched low and then jumped. The ball flew into the air. Up, up, up, it went. Then down, down, into the basket. “Yes!” he yelled. “Nothing but net!”

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Jon makes a basket.

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The best definition of theme is...

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The message the author is sending.

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Which of these things is not related to the "theme" in a story? Options: how a character is feeling, a "life lesson" the main character learns, a big idea that people from any culture or any place can understand, the moral of the story

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how a character is feeling