Main Idea
What the story is mostly about?
What is main idea
The MAIN reason the author is writing the text
What is Authors purpose
The author says how two or more things are alike or dislike
Signal words: similar, alike, same, different, on the other hand
What is compare and contrast
Divides the text into sections and explains what the section will be about.
What is a Heading or sub-title
This is a type of informational text that you use to make something in the kithen
What is a recipe
Smaller ideas that help us understand the main idea in the story or passage
The three main types of authors purpose are:
What are persuade, inform and entertain
The author describes something with details
What is description
Identifies the topic of the text/tells what the text will be about.
What is a Title
What is a text feature that shows what something looks like when taken with a camera.
What is a photograph
A frogs tongue actually faces the back of the mouth. It can flip forward and out in a split second to catch passing insects. The taste buds are located under the tongue.
Catfish are equipped with taste buds all over their bodies to help them locate and identify food at the murky bottom of the lake. Their whiskers or barbels, alone have over 20,000 taste buds.
What is to inform
The author describes and event and what caused it
what is cause and effect
Shows where places/events are located.
What is a Map
This is a organizational pattern that the author lists events in order of time.
What is sequence
In our state, dams have been built on many rivers. These dams are used to produce the electricity we need, but they also create problems for fish and other wildlife near the rivers. Therefore, we should not build any more dams. Instead, we should use solar energy, or energy from the sun, to produce electricity. This will protect our wildlife and enjoy the natural beauty around us.
The main idea is that we need to find an alternative way to produce energy besides dams.
“I want you to drink a cup of hot cocoa
every day,” my doctor said with a wink. “Made
with good cocoa powder, sugar, and milk. Dark
chocolate is one of the best foods to make you
feel happy and help keep you healthy.” This is
my kind of medicine, I thought.
The eye is made up of many parts. The white part of the eye is called the sclera, and the colored part is called the iris. The iris comes in many colors, including brown, blue, green and hazel. The iris is covered by the cornea, which is clear and round.
What is description because it is describing the eye.
Gives interesting facts or extra information about a topic
What is a Facts box
If the author wanted to talk about the difference between Kipp vs. Landrum what organizational pattern would he or she probably use.
In 2018,TikTok grew to be one of the most popular social media apps and had been downloaded ore than 18 millions times. It has over two billion monthly active users and has surpassed active Snapchat users.
What is to explain how TikTok has become one of the most popular social media apps in todays society
A fight broke out on the playground yesterday because of a torn jacket. Some members of Miss Goldsteins class took Joses goose-down jacket without is permission and used it for a second base. When Dolores scored a double, the jacket tore and most of its feathers spilled out.
What is entertain
Kansas recently has had a lack of funds for education. This is a problem for schools because they don have enough money to fund their programs. Teachers have lost their jobs and special programs have been dropped.
Explains what a photograph or illustration is about
What is a caption
What was the main idea of the article titled: SHARK!
The main idea is that sharks have excellent skills to help them hunt.