What Is the Main Idea

Choose the correct main idea for paragraph #4.

• Dog ownership is a long-term commitment.

• Dogs need to go to the veterinarian each year.

• Dogs need fresh food, water, and exercise.

• Dogs may live 10 to 13 years.

Choose the main idea for paragraph #5.

• Cats can see better at night than people.

• Cats liked to live in barns to chase mice.

• Cats make great hunters.

• Cats are sneaky and stalk their prey.

Choose the main idea for paragraph #6.

• Cats hiss and growl when threatened.

• Cats mark others with a scent in its cheeks.

• Cats meow for attention.

• Cats communicate with sounds, body positions, and chemical signals.

Monarch Butterflies: What is the main idea of paragraph #1?

• Monarchs live in North America.

• Monarchs stay for the winter.

• Monarchs migrate thousands of miles to Mexico.

Monarch Butterflies: What is the main idea of paragraph #3?

• Monarchs have an innate behavior that tells them when and where to migrate.

• Monarchs migrate to rainforests, beaches, and mountains.

• Baby sea turtles migrate.

Monarch Butterflies: What is the main idea of paragraph #6?

• The Monarch population is increasing.

• Monarchs have been migrating for thousands of years.

• Logging in Mexico is causing the amount of forests available for monarchs to decrease.

What is the main idea?

• to tell about kinds of glasses

• to tell about kinds of sports

• to tell about Cody getting glasses

If you've ever read fairy tales, you have read stories that came out of Hans Christian Andersen's imagination. He was a writer who thought of many fairy-tale people and animals. His characters include the Little Mermaid and the Ugly Duckling.

What is the main idea?

• to tell about mermaids

• to tell about writing

• to tell about Hans Christian Andersen's writing

Terry worked at a diner in Elm City. Every night, he looked in the kitchen and decided what he would make for the night's specials. People looked forward to trying his new dishes. Terry tried to come up with something new every night. He tried hard to surprise people.

What is the main idea?

• to tell about what Terry did

• to tell about the diner

• to tell about Elm City

A desert is a region that gets less than 10 inches of rain a year and had little or no plant life. There are places in the world known as "cold deserts", which are places that have snow and ice all he time. "Hot deserts" are often made of sand.

What is the main idea?

• to tell about kinds of deserts

• to tell about cold deserts

• to tell about hot deserts