Main Idea and Details

Main Idea and Details

Non-Fiction

Multiple Select

What is non-fiction? Check all that apply.

• expository text

• tall tales

• realistic fiction

• informational text

Multiple Choice

When identifying the main idea, what 2 questions must you ask yourself?

• What is most interesting to you in the text? What is it mostly about?

• What is the text mostly about? What is the most important idea?

• What is the text mostly about? What is most interesting?

Open Ended

Do you know any strategies besides asking these 2 questions that could help you find the main idea?

Multiple Select

What is a strategy that you can use to identify the main idea? Check all that apply.

• Look at the title.

• Look at interesting information.

• Look for words that repeat.

• Look at the first and last sentence in a paragraph.

• Look at pictures or illustrations

Match

Match the following terms with their meanings:

• A word that has a similar meaning as another word

• A word that has the opposite meaning of another word

• What the story is mostly about

• The information that supports the main idea of a text

Synonym

Antonym

Main Idea

Supporting Details

• Synonym

• Antonym

• Main Idea

• Supporting Details