Analyzing Key Ideas in a Text

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

• Hares are bigger than rabbits.

• Hares and rabbits are not the same.

• Rabbits live together in burrows.

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

• Peter cannot go in the living room.

• Peter's parents don't like the carpet.

• Peter likes to make a mess.

• Peter's parents made new rules so the new carpet stays clean.

School uniforms are far cheaper than the currently popular fashions. Many students work long hours at a paying job instead of doing homework because they feel they have to "keep up appearances." If students wore uniforms, there would be no need for most of them to have jobs that take away from their study time.

This passage is mostly about?

• popular fashions being expensive
• school uniforms being a good idea.
• students working many hours at jobs.
• teens enjoying wearing uniforms.

Most people think that gorillas are mean, but actually they are shy. It seems that such a huge animal with very large teeth would be aggressive. Hollywood movies help convey this image of the scary, ferocious gorilla. In fact, gorillas only attack if they are provoked.

This author believes that:

• Gorillas are misunderstood as vicious animals.

• Gorillas don't like other animals.

• Gorillas are mean animals

What is the word that means:“The main message of the text or a lesson about human behavior; a life lesson"?

• Central Idea
• Theme
• Moral
• Lesson

What is the word that means:“Proof from the text used to support your ideas and arguments”?

• Text Evidence
• Cite
• Inference
• Analysis

 “A conclusion about the text based on personal experience and text evidence”?

• Cite
• Explicit
• Inference
• Summary

The deep-sea divers pursuing profit must carefully research their sites to make sure it is legal to take artifacts from the location. They must also take measures to preserve the artifacts so that they don't corrode and lose value once they are recovered. For these deep-sea divers, the measure of their success is the dollar value of the treasure they find.

what is the central idea of this paragraph?

• Divers need to make sure they are not losing money.

• The divers must take measure to make sure the site legal to research.

The Unusual Venus Flytrap

The Venus Flytrap is an unusual plant with many admirers. This carnivore plant grow in the bogs of North America. With read lines lobes that resemble a mouth, the Venus Flytrap looks more like a creature than a plant. It uses these lobes to capture and eat insects and can even digest small frogs! The lobes have small trigger that causes the plant to clamp in a single second when unsuspecting prey come too close. Finger-like extensions called cilia intertwine to keep the lobes shut tight. It is that trapping action that people find that fascinating.

• Venus Flytrap are unusual plants that many people think are incredible.

• Venus plants are dangerous to people

what are the steps to determine the central idea in a nonfiction text?

• Use basic text features: Ex: HEADING of the passage. SUBHEADINGS. Although some subheadings convey supporting details, so be careful!

  2.Determine the Text Structure: T

• Read the title

• Read the first sentence and the last sentence in the story.