Central Idea and Objective Summary Practice

What strategy would I use when given this prompt:

What is the controlling idea of paragraph 3. Give two details from the text to support your claim.

• summarize the paragraph

• RACECES

• RACES

• write a multi-paragraph essay

Another term for central idea is

• an opinion

• cause and effect

• a quote

• main idea or controlling idea

How would I write my response when given this prompt:

Using evidence from the text explain how women were divided during the suffrage movement.

• Use RACECS

• Summarize the section without using quotes.

• Answer using one sentence

• Write a multi-paragraph essay.

How would I write my response when given this prompt: Summarize paragraph 4 of the article.

• Use RACECES.

• USE RACES

• Summarize the paragraph in your own words without using any quotes.

• Write a multi-paragraph essay using quotes from each paragraph.

Before using a quote, I must

• Use a transition and use quotation marks around the quote.

• Use quotation marks

• Explain how the quote will answer the prompt

• Underline the quote

Before my summary sentence, I should use a transition like

• In conclusion,

• All in all,

• To sum it up,

• All of the above

What would be an appropriate RA for the following prompt:

Explain how the suffrage movement changed over the years.

• Explain how the suffrage movement changed over the years.

• The suffrage movement changed over the years in many ways.

• It changed over the years in many ways.

• They changed over the years.

Another word for summarize is____

• cite

• paraphrase

• copy

• objective

When I write an objective summary I should include a topic sentence with 3 parts: Name It Verb and _____

• Summarize the entire article

• central idea

• quote

• cite

If the article I'm summarizing has subheadings, I should summarize ____detail(s) from each subheading.

• Five

• One

• Three

• Two