Finding Main Idea
Recalling Facts
Making Inference
Using Words Precisely
Author's Approach
100

Is this a main idea or narrow idea? Emperor Qui Shi Huangdi’s workers stocked his tomb with gold jewelry.

What is a narrow idea.
100

 Under Qin’s rule, workers completed the ....

a.    Trans-Siberian Railroad
b.    Great Wall of China
c.    Pyramids

What is the Great wall of China.
100

True or False: All the people ruled by Qin loved and respected him

What is False.
100

The three college professors continued to scan the sky. What is the definition of the word scan? A. ignore B. examine C. photograph

What is B. examine.
100
Judging by statements from the article "Machu Picchu: City in the Clouds," you can conclude that the author wants the reader to think that a. Machu Picchu would be a wonderful sight to see. b. Machu Picchu is pretty much like any other city. c. Machu Picchu was probably built by aliens from outer space. 

What is A. Machu Picchu would be a wonderful sight to see.
200

Is this a main idea, broad idea or narrow idea? The New Mexico farmer in whose field an unidentified object landed reported that it had broken into tiny, foil-like pieces.

What is broad idea.
200
According to legend, the Lost City of the Incas was built around A. 250 BC. B. 1530 C. 1911
What is 1530.
200

True or False: Bette Nesmith was not the only typist who needed a way to get rid of mistakes.

What is true.
200

Instead, there were seven separate Chinese states waging war to dominate each other: What is the opposite meaning of dominate.

a.    Rule

b.    Be controlled by

c.    imitate


What is B to be controlled by.
200

What does the author imply by saying "They could find no puncture marks or wounds on Mantell's body yet all the bones had been crushed and pulverized"?

A. Mantell's bones had been weak since birth.

B. The people who inspected Mantell's body wear not very observant.

C. The damage done to Mantell's body did not seem natural.

What is C.
300

Fill in the blanks of this narrow idea: Carl Hart photographed a group of ______moving from _____ to south.

What is lights and north.
300
The air force claimed that the object that crashed was a A. jet fighter plane B. flying saucer C. weather balloon
What is a weather balloon.
300

True or False. And fill in the blanks. Flocks of ____ are not completely silent as they fly through the air.

What are birds and true.
300

What is the correct and opposite term for skeptics. Skeptics laughed at this idea. A. believers B. scientist C. doubters



What is A. believers and C. doubters.

300
What does the author mean by the statement in paragraph 1 "In fact there was no country of China at all"?
What is there was no single nation to which all the people in the area felt that they belonged.
400

Describe the main idea of the Macchu Picchu- City in the Clouds And describe what was the surprising discovery that Hiram Bingham discovered.

What is the the discovery of Macchu Picchu by the archeologist Hiram Bingham. He found out that Macchu Pichu was not the Lost City of the Incas was searching for.
400
Cart Hart Jr. was a A. freshman at Texas Technical College B. professor at Texas Technical College C. photographer for a local newspaper.
What is a freshman at Texas Technical College.
400

Describe what is the word for is a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

What is making an inference.

400

Describe two examples of a synonym and an antonym for the word "massive".

What is big, gigantic for synonym and small, tiny for antonym.

400
From the statements below, choose those that you believe the author would agree with. A. Air force secrecy has not stopped the spread of rumors about the Roswell incident B. All of the witnesses lied about what they saw at the crash site. C. Air force officials do not always tell the public everything they know.
What is C.
500

What is the three critical thinking steps to help readers find the main ideas and important details in a story? hint* P______, T_______, S_______. And what are some strategies a reading can use to help find important details when reading a story? Name two.



What is problem, thinking, solution. Asking questions while we read and using a highlighter.

500
Bette Nesmith first go the idea for Liquid Paper when she ....
What is when she was working on a holiday window.
500
In response to making inferences what are some strategies people can use to develop a research question. Describe 3 different ways.

What is 1. choose an interesting topic 2. narrow down your ideas 3. gather background information 4. formulate your research idea.

500

Describe a synonym and antonym for the word "manual".

What is done by hand and automatic.
500

The author uses the first sentences of the articles to do what? Describe an example of what authors' have done from any of the articles we studied to support your answer.

What is to entertain the reader and describe the main idea of every story. For example in the introduction the author would raise up questions, or describe interesting facts and theories to catch the reader's attention.

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