Central/main/key idea practice

What is a central idea?

• The most important idea in a text

• The least important idea in a text

• A text

• One of many ideas in a text

Is a central idea always clearly stated?

• Yes

• No

Where can key ideas often be found in paragraphs?

• Always at the end of a text

• In the 3rd sentence of a paragraph

• In the first or last sentence of a paragraph, though it can be found in any sentence of a paragraph

• Never found in a text

Sometimes you have to use _____________ to find the main idea.

• Details

• Dolphins

• Adverbs

• Verbs

What questions should you ask yourself to find the main idea?

• Who or what is this paragraph about?

• When was Louis Armstrong born?

• What is the 'who' or 'what' "concerned" with?

• How does this affect me?

What is the main idea of this paragraph:

It is often said that lightning never strikes twice in the same place, but this isn’t true. Go ask the forest rangers. Rangers who spend their summers as fire-fighters will tell you that every thundershower brings several bolts of lightning to their lookout stations.

• That it's said lightning never strikes twice in the same place, but that isn't true.

• You should ask forest rangers.

• Rangers spend a lot of their summers outside.

• Zeus is the God of lightning.

What is the main idea of this paragraph:

Costs were low that year and the output high. There was a good person for each job and the market remained firm. There were no losses from fire. All in all it was one of the best years in the history of the company.

• Costs were low.

• Output was high.

• It was one of the best years in the history of the company.

• There was a good person for each job.