Central Idea and Key Details

Main Idea is

• the author's message about a topic

• the author's opinion about a topic

• the author's values about a topic

• the author's feelings about a topic

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___ _____ often hints at the main idea of the text.

Authors often start with a story or example that communicates the main idea.

• The last paragraph

• The third paragrpah

• The second paragraph

• The first paragraph

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Key details can be ________, ________, or __________.

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______________________ often sums up by expressing the main idea either directly or with an example.

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To identify key details ask:

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Identify the main idea of "The Power of the Dinner Table".

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Which is a key detail of "The Power of a Dinner Table"?

• Cellphones are banned.

• Almost all have seen death firsthand--to a sibling, friend, or parent.

• And yet by some miracle, hostie soil has produced charismatic flowers.

• Thursdays at Kathy and David's has been a weekly uplift.

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What kind of key detail is this piece of evidence?

"..on Thursday night there might be 15 to 20 teenagers crammed around the table..." (Brooks).

• fact

• statistic

• opinion

• example

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Provide an example of a key detail from "The Power of a Dinner Table" that is an example.

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