Mastering the Main Idea in Rational Expressions

What are the two types of main ideas discussed?

• Book and Chapter

• Paragraph and Passage

• Chapter and Paragraph

• Paragraph and Sentence

What is the first step in identifying a paragraph's main idea?

• Asking someone else

• Reading the middle sentence

• Reading the first and sometimes last sentence

• Summarizing the text

What is a topic sentence?

• The sentence that summarizes the paragraph

• The sentence that contains the least important detail

• The first and sometimes last sentence of a paragraph

• Any sentence with a keyword

What should you first identify to find a paragraph's main idea?

• The author's name

• The longest word

• The common themes

• The number of sentences

In the example, what common theme helps identify the main idea?

• The size of birds

• Types of birds in Tennessee

• Birds that can fly

• Birds' colors

What common feature is emphasized in the example paragraph?

• Birds' sizes

• Types of birds

• Birds' abilities

• Birds' habitats

What analogy is used to explain the relationship between the main idea and supporting details?

• A house and its windows

• A chair and its legs

• A book and its pages

• A tree and its leaves

Why wouldn't you say a paragraph is about 'turkeys don't fly' when finding the main idea?

• Because it's a supporting detail

• Because it's unrelated

• Because it's incorrect

• Because it's too specific

What does the chair analogy illustrate?

• The importance of a title

• How details support the main idea

• Different types of furniture

• How to assemble a chair

How do you find the main idea of an entire passage?

• By reading the title only

• By finding the common theme among paragraphs

• By skipping to the conclusion

• By focusing on the first paragraph