Central Idea Flashcard

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Why are supporting details important in a text?

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Supporting details provide evidence and examples.

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What is the central idea of the passage?
Thomas Edison’s life span is known as “The age of Edison.” If it wasn’t for Thomas Edison, we might not have electric lights, telephones, movie cameras, or computers! Think of all the ways these great products affect our lives today. Edison held over 1,000 patents and received dozens of awards during his lifetime for his inventions and contributions to science.

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Thomas Edison's inventions still impact society today

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The CENTRAL IDEA of a nonfiction text needs to always be supported with...

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Supporting details

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What is the central idea of the passage?

The law was not exactly fair in Europe during the Middle Ages. Back then, you could blame someone in your town for committing a crime. The “criminal” could then challenge you to a fight to prove his guilt or innocence. If you lost the fight, you were charged as a liar and the criminal was believed to be innocent. If you won, the criminal was believed to be guilty.

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Laws of the Middle Ages were unfair.

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How can you summarize an informational text effectively?

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Focus on main ideas and key details, condense into a concise summary

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Which of the following is a supporting detail of this paragraph?
Robots are being used in sumo wrestling contests. Sumo wrestling is a sport that started in Japan. It takes place in a ring. Two players try to score points by holding each other down or pushing each other out of the ring. Robot sumo uses robots instead of humans. The robot that scores the most points wins.

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Robot sumo uses robots instead of humans.

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What is one supporting detail from the text?
Mother gorillas do a lot for their babies. They nurse their babies. They protect them from danger. And they teach the tiny gorillas how to get along with other gorillas.

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They teach the tiny gorillas how to get along with other gorillas.

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What is the main idea of the text?

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Mark loves to walk in the woods.

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Which of the following statements is a supporting detail to the main idea? Mark loves to walk in the woods. He enjoys looking at the trees and smelling the flowers. Mark also likes to watch the squirrels run through the trees. Options: Mark likes birds. He enjoys looking at the trees and smelling the flowers.

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He enjoys looking at the trees and smelling the flowers.

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What is the best summary for this passage? What would it be like to have teeth like a shark? A shark can have up to 3,000 teeth at one time. Shark teeth grow in rows, one behind another. Most sharks have five rows of teeth. When a shark loses a tooth, it is replaced by a tooth from the row behind it. I don't know about you, but I am glad that I don't have shark teeth!

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Sharks have thousands of teeth that grow in rows.