Summary and Central Idea Review

what the text is all about; has the same meaning as the main idea

• supporting details
• topic
• central idea
• paraphrase

a central idea that is not clearly stated in the passage

• explicit central idea
• implicit central idea
• theme
• inferred central idea

the subject of the passage; what helps to create the central idea

• text evidence
• theme
• topic
• text

putting the text into  your own words

• paraphrase
• inferencing
• citing textual evidence
• Copying and pasting

to show

• supporting details
• topic
• text
• cite

central idea that is not clearly stated in a text

• implied central idea
• stated central idea
• inferred central idea
• text evidence

the same as the central idea

• implicit
• explicit
• main idea
• objective summary

what you use from the passage to prove your answer

• text evidence
• plagiarism
• credible source
• central idea

the message; the lesson learned after reading a story

• supporting details
• topic
• theme

proving your answer to a question by going back in the passage and highlighting, underlining, or circling information that proves your answer is right

• copying and pasting
• supporting details
• inferencing
• citing textual evidence