Main Idea Flashcard

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What does the main idea of a story tell the reader?

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What the story is about

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Key details give important information to support the main idea.

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True

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Main Idea:
Frogs are amazing jumpers.

What supporting detail would go with this main idea?

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Frogs have long, powerful legs which help them leap long distances.

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SUPPORT

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to hold up and help

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Main idea of an essay about the importance of recycling to our environment.

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Recycling is important to protect the environment.

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I can't wait until this weekend! We’re going to my grandparents’ house and my entire family will be there. I will spend most of my time playing games with my cousins. We always have such a good time together! The day goes by so fast, and by the end we are all exhausted... but we still don’t want to leave!
What is the main idea?

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The author enjoys spending time with her family.

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What is this selection mainly about? Someday we will all have robots that will be our personal servants. They will look and behave much like real humans. We will be able to talk to these mechanical helpers and they will be able to respond in kind! Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience. They will be smart, strong, and untiring workers whose only goal will be to make our lives easier.

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Someday we will have robots that will be our personal servants.

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What is the main idea or main event of the passage? Toy cars and trucks were lying all over the floor. Ben had dumped his entire toy box in the middle of his room looking for his favorite blue car. His Uncle Lonnie had given it to him for his birthday. Uncle Lonnie was coming for a visit, and Ben wanted them to play together with it. Ben looked for about an hour and could not find the car. When his mother called him, he stepped on something hard. It was his blue car.

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Ben found the blue car his Uncle Lonnie gave him by stepping on it

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What is the main idea or main event of the passage?
Options: they were sick, it was snowing again, they were bored and ready to go back to school, the refrigerator was covered in artwork, and the puzzles were put together

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they were bored and ready to go back to school

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What is the main idea of this passage? Options: Lions live in groups called prides, Male lions leave their prides to start a new one, Female lions stay in the pride they were born to, Prides are mostly made up of female lions

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Lions live in groups called prides