STUDY SKILLS 9 MAIN IDEA AND SUPPORTING DETAILS

Front

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

Back

Robots are being used in sumo wrestling contests.

Front

Which term best describes the main idea of a piece of writing? A detail, A central point, A broad topic, An aspect

Back

A central point

Front

Which term best describes the supporting details of a piece of writing? Options: structure, evidence, majority, descriptive

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evidence

Front

Which of the following is a supporting detail of this paragraph:
Robots are being used in sumo wrestling contests.
Robot sumo contests are better than human sumo contests.
Robot sumo uses robots instead of humans.
Watching robot sumo is boring.

Back

Robot sumo uses robots instead of humans.

Front

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

Back

Students compete in robot sumo contests.

Front

The best definition of supporting details would be…

Back

Sentences that make the main idea stronger and clearer

Front

Which of the following is a supporting detail of this paragraph? Students like building sumo robots. Students compete in robot sumo contests. They use excellent strategies to defeat other robots. They must have a good plan for defeating other robots.

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They must have a good plan for defeating other robots.

Front

The best definition of main idea would be…

Back

Important information that tells more about the overall idea of a piece of writing.

Front

What is the paragraph all about?

Back

This paragraph is about rare and valuable pennies.

Front

What is the paragraph all about?

Back

This paragraph is about the origin of the Halloween.