ELA Key Details and Main Idea

The important idea or lesson repeated throughout the text.

• Plot

• Dictionary

• Theme

• Glossary

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

This gives facts, evidence, details, and other information that support a topic.

• Supporting details

• Introduction

• Plot

• Characters

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

A short description of something that was said or written, it contains the main idea.

• summarize

• characters

• punctuation

• fiction text

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

The lesson or moral of a text. It may be about life, society, or human nature

• index

• central message

• title page

• key detail

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Information that supports the main idea in a piece of writing

• main Idea

• dialogue

• key details

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

The most important idea in a piece of writing

• theme

• opinion

• conflict

• main idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

The central message or lesson the author wants to share

• theme

• transitions

• plot

• conclusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

The person or character who tells the story

• contrast

• narrator

• opinion

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The end paragraph in which the author restates the main idea and sums up the main points

• key details

• conclusion

• inference

• contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What is the main idea of a text?

• A) The central point or message the author wants to convey

• B) The list of characters in the story

• C) The setting of the story

• D) The author's biography

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2