Main Idea
Rosa Parks spent her life fighting for equal rights. Those rights make sure all people are treated fairly. In 1955, Parks was arrested in Alabama for not giving up her bus seat to a white person. Her brave act helped change unfair laws.
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
Rosa Parks fought for equality.
One dark and stormy night my door bell rang. I went to the peep hole to see who was outside my door, but I couldn't see anything. I heard the knock again. This time, it was more quiet and coming my window! OH NO! I was scared. I peeked out my window and there I saw....
My GRANDMA! She had come to visit me! We make cookies and pies. She and I went shopping the next day! It was the best weekend ever!
How was this short story organized?
Sequence
What does the word boycott mean in this sentence?
African Americans protested her arrest by refusing to ride city busses. The Montgomery bus boycott began four days later.
to stop doing something in protest
A book written about someone's life accomplishments is what genre?
biography
Where ELSE does the comma belong in this sentence?
However scientist have recently learned that for a period of time after you've exercised, your body produces chemicals.
However, scientist have recently learned that for a period of time after you've exercised, your body produces chemicals.
What is the main idea of this passage?
As 1911 drew to a close, Captain Robert Scott and the four members of his polar expedition pushed ahead, determined to win the race to the South Pole. At the time, the Antarctic was one of the few places left on Earth that hadn’t been explored. Scott know that another expedition, led by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, was also trying to be the first to reach the South Pole.
Robert Scott and his crew explored the South Pole. They wanted to be the first crew to explore the land.
How is this passage organized?
In 2007, New York City began passing a series of laws banning trans fat. Trans fats were often used to cook certain fast foods, cookies, and crackers. New York law makers found out how bad these fats were for people, so they made the city's restaurants stop using them. Recent studies have shown just how successful this ban has been. Three years after the ban, heart attacks and strokes were down six percent. The ban had saved so many lives. Other lawmakers saw this success, as well. Today, the federal government has new national guidelines in place for trans fats.
cause and effect
What does the word tangled mean in this sentence?
Her pony tail was tangled in the back of her head.
intertwined, matted, twisted togheter
What genre would this passage belong in?
"People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in."
autobiography
where do the commas belong in this sentence?
Hello class today we are going outside for free time.
Hello class, today, we are going outside for free time.
What is main idea?
Rosa Parks spent her life fighting for equal rights. Those rights make sure all people are treated fairly. In 1955, Parks was arrested in Alabama for not giving up her bus seat to a white person. Her brave act helped change unfair laws.
How does the author organize this passage?
The author is giving us a description of Rosa Park's life.
what does the word pursued mean in this sentence?
After college, Regan pursued a career in ministry.
worked toward
a biography is...
a story or passage written about someone's life, written by another person.
As a result if you are stuck on a math problem, take a break and come back with fresh eyes.
As a result, if you are stuck on a math problem, take a break and come back with fresh eyes.
What is the main idea of this passages?
In 1983, fifteen years after the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, federal legislation was passed to create a holiday honoring him, his vision, and his legacy. The same legislation created the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday Commission to oversee the observance of this holiday. The following is an excerpt from an annual report prepared by the commission in 1993, reflecting an idealistic view of what Martin Luther King Jr. Day means to the United States.
From the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission’s annual report prepared for the President of the United States and the United States Congress in 1993:
A day to celebrate the life and dream of Martin Luther King, Jr.
A day to reaffirm the American ideals of freedom, justice, and opportunity for all.
A day to love not hate, for understanding not anger, for peace not war.
A day for family, to share together, to reach out to relatives and friends, and to mend broken relationships.
A day when community rids itself of the barriers that divide it and comes together as one.
A day when people of all races, religions, classes, and stations in life put aside their differences and join in a spirit of togetherness.
A day for our Nation to pay tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr., who awakened in us the best qualities of the American spirit.
A day for nations of the world to cease all violent actions, seek nonviolent solutions, and demonstrate that peace is not just a dream but a real possibility, if only for one day.
If for only one day, each of us serves as a "drum major for justice and peace," then we bring to life the inspiring vision of freedom of which Martin Luther King, Jr., dreamed.
The “King holiday” is a day to remember and celebrate the life and dream of Martin Luther King, Jr.
How is this passage organized?
On the first of December 1955, the African American seamstress Rosa Parks helped change the course of history on a city bus. Rosa boarded the bus after a day’s work at a Montgomery, Alabama, department store. She settled towards the middle, past the first several rows, which at that time were reserved for white people. After making a few stops, the bus became full. Then a white man boarded, but there was nowhere for him to sit. The driver ordered Rosa and the rest of the black passengers in her row to stand at the back of the bus and let the white man sit. In an act of defiance that would help intensify the American Civil Rights Movement, Rosa refused to give up her spot.
By sequence of events on the bus
What does the word terrain mean in this sentence?
“Often, the Antarctic terrain appeared impassable, dangerous, and even hostile to human life.”
landscape
Nonfiction is...
stories or book that are real and or could be real
Where do the three commas belong in this sentence?
“Often the Antarctic terrain appeared impassable dangerous and even hostile to human life.”
“Often, the Antarctic terrain appeared impassable, dangerous, and even hostile to human life.”
What is the main idea of the passage?
In 2007, New York City began passing a series of laws banning trans fat. Trans fats were often used to cook certain fast foods, cookies, and crackers. New York law makers found out how bad these fats were for people, so they made the city's restaurants stop using them. Recent studies have shown just how successful this ban has been. Three years after the ban, heart attacks and strokes were down six percent. The ban had saved so many lives. Other lawmakers saw this success, as well. Today, the federal government has new national guidelines in place for trans fats.
New York lawmakers banned the usage of trans fats to make foods. Years later studied showed positive outcomes from this. Now the federal government had guidelines on trans fat usage.
How does the author organize the passage below?
People’s attitudes toward how African Americans should achieve their rights had changed. Though the ideals of nonviolence had spread to other protests going on at the time, many people wondered if it was still working. Some began to believe that if confronted with violence, people should defend themselves and fight back. Activists like Malcolm X argued that for African Americans to achieve power in society, they should not work with others but should work to improve their own neighborhoods and communities to show that they could do it without the help of white people. He and other activists thought that integration and equality might cause African Americans to blend in and lose their individuality, and encouraged his followers to take pride in their African heritage and culture. Many people agreed with his ideas, and by the end of the 1960s, groups that encouraged self-defense and self-reliance were becoming just as influential as those that wanted nonviolent protests.
problem and solution
What does the word crevasse mean?
The men stopped to study the landscapes before them: A series of glaciers and crevasses, deep cracks in the ice, stood before them and their destination.
deep cracks in the ice
Fiction is...
Stories that do not take place in a realistic setting.
Where do the commas belong in this sentence?
The men stopped to study the landscapes before them: A series of glaciers and crevasses deep cracks in the ice stood before them and their destination.
The men stopped to study the landscapes before them: A series of glaciers and crevasses, deep cracks in the ice, stood before them and their destination.