All About Central Idea
The definition of a Central Idea
What is the main point of the text, story, or paragraph?
What does an Informative Text need to have in it?
Facts, Data, Statistics and statements
The definition of Inference.
What is an educated guess based on implied information?
When is Mrs. P's birthday?
The definition of Allusion
A reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing.
A cultural reference.
Every Central Idea should have this to back it up.
What are supporting details or evidence?
What is the author's purpose of the passage below?
Florida is a state in the United States. The state bird is the mockingbird. There are many beaches in Florida.
To Inform.
The academic definition of Explicit.
What is information that is directly stated in the text?
Gina and Peter are watching a movie with robots in it when Gina's phone rings. Peter starts to get mad and tells her to turn her stupid phone off. When they return their attention to the screen there are no more robots, just what appear to be cars and trucks. Infer what movie is being watched.
What is Transformers?
The Definition of Rhyme Scheme
The rhyming pattern found in a poem, typically at the end of a line.
The central idea can usually be found where?
What is the first or last sentence of the first paragraph?
The definition of Rhetoric
What is persuasive speech?
The definition of Exert.
What is to make a physical or mental effort?
Tips to find the Central Idea.
What is scanning the first and last sentence? What is listing the topics of each paragraph? What is reviewing the title?
Define Hyperbole
An Exaggeration.
What is the supporting detail of the following passage: Kangaroos protect themselves in many ways. If a kangaroo senses danger, they will bang their tail on the ground to warn the others. A newborn joey is only the size of your thumb.
What is if a kangaroo senses danger, they will bang their tail on the ground to warn the others?
What is the authors purpose in the passage below?
what I was looking for. The windows were full of
crystals, dream-catchers, and books about spiritual healing. I didn't even go inside. Through the glass I
could see a fifty-year-old woman with long, gray hair worn straight down her back, clad in a dress right out of the sixties, smiling welcomingly from behind the counter. I decided that was one conversation I could skip. There had to be a normal bookstore in town.
To Entertain.
Southern gentlemen indulge in the most contemptuous expressions about Yankees. Define Indulge.
What is to be involved in? What is to allow yourself to have or do something as a special reward/pleasure?
The meaning of tone.
What is the overall feel of a text, the emotions the author is trying to evoke from the reader?
What is Diction?
Word Choice.
Provide the central idea of the following paragraph. Maria is watching too much television. A toddler shouldn’t be spending copious amounts of hours staring blankly at a screen. Worse yet, some of her wild behavior has been inspired by those awful cartoons she watches. We need to spend more time reading books with her and pull the plug on the TV! A baby needs more attention than just keeping them occupied and quiet.
What is Watching too much TV is not good for Maria or for toddlers?
What is the authors purpose in the passage below?
Bubblegum is the best thing in the world. There are so many kinds. You can blow HUGE bubbles and pop them. It taste very good. Everyone should chew bubble gum.
To Persuade.
To subdue or putdown; to keep from public knowledge.
What is Suppress?
Explain in your own words what it means to develop a central idea over the course of the text.
What is provide supporting details or talk about closely related topics that back up the central idea?
Define Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words.