All About Central Idea
The definition of a Central Idea
What is the main point of the text, story, or paragraph?
Every Central Idea should have this to back it up.
What are supporting details or evidence?
Connotative
A non-literal meaning of a word. An associated meaning that typically involves a related feeling or emotion.
What is the name of Ms. Spicer's dog?
What is Bowie!
Define the underlined word: Bilbo was so excited by what he had just witnessed that he began babbling incomprehensibly in an attempt to tell his friends.
What is impossible to understand.
The Central Idea of the American Day Address.
What is the “spirit of liberty” lies within all who have the courage to seek it?
Think back to the text "The Danger of a Single Story". In your own words what was one piece of evidence mentioned that could support the central idea.
Impact of single stories on children
Importance of having more than one story
The negative impact of single stories on individuals
Stereotypes centered on Africa
Everyone is guilty of a single story perspective in some way
Rejecting the single story causes unity and creates understanding
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 Inference.
What is an educated guess based on implied information?
The Central Idea of "The Danger of a Single Story"
What is this text is about how having a single perspective/story of a person or group erases identity/individuality and creates damaging stereotypes
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?
The definition of affluent.
What is wealthy.
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?
Fill in the blank with the correct vocab term: The idea of a flying car was so ______, so ahead of its time, that it would be decades before anyone actually took it seriously.
What is innovative.
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?
Pick out the supporting details of the passage below:
My American roommate was shocked by me. She asked where I had learned to speak English so well and was confused when I said that Nigeria happened to have English as its official language. She asked if she could listen to what she called my “tribal music,” and was consequently very disappointed when I produced my tape of Mariah Carey. My roommate had a single story of Africa: a single story of catastrophe.
What is she asked where I learned to speak English so well? She asked if she could listen to my tribal music?
When they visit the north and return home they tell their slaves of the runaways they have seen and describe them to be in the most Deplorable condition. Define Deplorable.
What is shockingly bad in quality?
The meaning of tone.
What is the overall feel of a text, the emotions the author is trying to evoke from the reader?
Define the underlined word: She affirmed her love of pineapple pizza by devouring a whole pie as her family looked on in horror.
What is to confirm, assert, or proclaim.
Usually, an objective summary is a short passage that contains key information about the text, the central idea, and supporting details. It begins with a central idea statement. What three things should be included in the central idea statement aside from the actual central idea?
What is TAG? (Title, Author, Genre), Verb, and Central Idea?
What is the speaker's claim in "I Am an American Day"?
What is liberty lies in the hearts of brave men and women.
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 the underlined word: Unbridled ambition led the man to success since there was no one to hold him back from his dreams.
What is uncontrolled, unrestrained.