Main Idea & Key Details (7.T.T.2.a)
This is the central message or controlling idea of an expository text.
What is the main idea?
A bold heading that tells what a section will be about is called this.
What is a heading?
A modifier should be placed as close as possible to this.
What is the word it describes?
When you use someone else’s exact words, you must use these.
What are quotation marks?
Adding descriptive details and specific examples helps do this to writing.
What is enrich or develop ideas?
This type of detail includes numbers and data used to support a claim.
What are statistics?
Charts, graphs, and diagrams are examples of these.
What are text features?
“Running down the hall, the backpack fell.”
This sentence contains this type of error.
What is a dangling modifier?
This page appears at the end of a research paper listing all sources used.
What is a Works Cited page?
Which sentence is stronger?
A. The dog was big.
B. The massive German Shepherd barked loudly at the gate.
What is B?
If a paragraph lists three reasons why recycling is important, those reasons are considered these.
What are key details (or supporting details)?
If an article ends by restating the main idea and leaving the reader with a final thought, it provides this.
What is a sense of closure?
Fix this sentence: “Covered in frosting, Maria ate the cupcake.”
What is “Maria ate the cupcake covered in frosting.”?
If you summarize information from a source, you must still do this.
What is cite the source?
This technique helps combine ideas smoothly without creating run-ons.
What is using conjunctions (or compound/complex sentences)?
An author includes expert quotes and scientific data to make the writing more believable. This technique strengthens what?
What is credibility (or the author’s claim)?
A caption under a photograph mainly helps the reader do this.
What is understand or clarify the image?
A misplaced modifier can cause this problem in writing.
What is confusion or unclear meaning?
In MLA format, the in-text citation usually includes these two things.
What are the author’s last name and page number?
Adding vivid details without clarity can lead to this issue.
What is confusion or unclear meaning?
If a passage discusses the causes and effects of pollution, this organizational structure is being used.
If a passage discusses the causes and effects of pollution, this organizational structure is being used.
When a conclusion introduces brand-new information, it weakens this element of writing.
What is closure (or effectiveness of the conclusion)
Choose the correct sentence:
A. Walking to school, the rain soaked my backpack.
B. Walking to school, I was soaked by the rain.
What is B?
Failing to credit a source is called this.
What is plagiarism?
Rewrite to enrich: “The experiment failed.”
What is “The experiment failed because the temperature was not controlled, causing inaccurate results.”? (Answers may vary.)