central ideas supporting details and summary

Which TWO are the best supporting details for the main idea of "Today"?

• "Ellis Island was mostly abandoned until 1965."

• "The Great Hall is now an Immigration Museum where people can learn more about the history of immigration in the United States."

• "The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island were restored in the 1980s."

• "A monument called the Wall of Honor is located outside the Great Hall. The names of over 700,000 immigrants are listed on the wall..."

• "Thousands of visitors go to the island each day..."

Choose TWO supporting details for the main idea of "Changes."

• "A horrible fire burned through many of the buildings in 1897."

• "This decreased after President Theodore Roosevelt ordered this to stop in 1901."

• "Some workers let immigrants skip the rules in exchange for money."

• "There was a lot less immigration work at their island."

• "There was a lot less immigration work at the island."

The Renaissance movement was inspired by the ideas of which two ancient civilizations?

• Istanbul

• Greece

• Rome

• France

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True or False? You should be able to understand what a story is about when you read the summary.

• True

• False

What is the layout of a literary analysis?

• Conclusion, Introduction, Conclusion
• Introduction, Body Paragraphs
• Introduction, Body Paragraphs, Bernie Sanders
• Introduction, Body Paragraphs, Conclusion

What does community mean?

• co-workers

• a group of people living in the same area or sharing a similar interest

• to go on a hike

• a best friendship

From the reading about the Pony Express, you can draw which inference about the riders?

• They were all over thirty.

• They were in good physical shape.

• They came from the East Coast.

• Most did not survive the job.

a summary should

• answer 5 W's: who what when where and why.

• describe the details but not not the main ideas

• never mention the plot of the text

• always mention the age of the other.

What should you support throughout your essay?

• Evidence

• Plot

• Characters

• Thesis