Main Idea of Nonfiction Text

The main idea should be included in a summary.

• True

• False

A summary includes enough details to tell the important ideas, but not too many unimportant details.

• True

• False

A summary includes only the most important ideas.

• True

• False

What is the main idea of the nonfiction text?

• The main idea of the nonfiction text is to entertain readers with fictional stories.

• The main idea of the nonfiction text is to persuade readers to buy a product.

• The main idea of the nonfiction text is to inform readers about a specific topic or issue.

• The main idea of the nonfiction text is to confuse readers with contradictory information.

How do you find the Main Idea of a Nonfiction Text?

• Notice the heading and look for key details.

• Write a detail from the text.

• Look at the pictures.

• Write down the title.

The main idea of a nonfiction text is a sentence or two that ___________________.

• tell the title

• tell what it's mostly about

• tell the message

• teach a lesson

The key topic of a nonfiction text is

• the central/main idea

• the topic

• the theme

• the subtitle

The key topic of a nonfiction text is:

• the central/main idea

• the title

• the theme

• the subtitle

Where you give details surrounding a topic.

• Chronological Order

• Sequence

• Main Idea + Detail

• Cause and Effect

Native Americans dried strips of meat, pounded it into a paste, and then mixed it with fat. Sometimes they added berries and sugar. Then they pressed it into small cakes. They called these cakes pemmican. Pemmican didn't spoil, and it provided lots of energy for people traveling or going hunting. Today explorers still carry and eat this food.
What is the passage mostly about?

• who uses pemmican today

• what can be put into pemmican

• how pemmican was prepared by Native Americans.

• why people eat pemmican today