Main Idea
A rat is a rodent, the most common mammal in the world. Rattus norvegicus is one of the approximately four hundred different kinds of rodents, and it is known by many names, each of which describes a trait or a perceived trait or sometimes a habitat: the earth rat, the roving rat, the barn rat, the field rat, the migratory rat, the house rat, the sewer rat, the water rat, the wharf rat, the alley rat, the gray rat, the brown rat, and the common rat. What is the main idea of the paragraph?
What is a rat?
These are small pieces of information that help explain or prove the main idea .
what is Supporting details
This part of speech expresses action or a state of being
what is a verb
The main message or lesson the author wants the readers to learn?
What is theme?
Many first ladies of the US have been remembered because of the ways they have influenced their husbands. Who is the main focus of this sentence?
What is the first ladies of the US?
If you want to find the supporting detail, you first need to find the big idea of the paragraph .
what is Main idea
"hopefully every group will have thier projects done by next week
what is future tense
A comparison using the words like or as.
What is simile?
The first potatoes were grown by the Incas of South America, more than 400 years ago. Their descendants in Ecuador and Chile continue to grow the vegetable as high as 14,000 feet up in the Andes Mountains. These sentences are mostly about?
What is the first potatoes?
When analyzing a theme , this type of supporting detail often come from a character action that reveals what the author is trying to show.
what is Character behavior/ point of view
A sentence that has one dependent cause and also and independent cause
what is a complex sentence
When an author writes to make you believe or do something they are writing to do this.
What is persuade?
Most people think that it’s fine to be “busy as a beaver.” Little do they know. Beavers may work hard, but often they don’t get very much done. What is the best title for this passage?
What is Beavers?
These can be facts quotes or examples that help the reader understand and help understand the topic better
what is evidence
Sit down quietly and don't say nothing !
what is imperative mood
The narrator used "I" and tells the story from their own perspective.
What is the first-person point of view?
When you want to hang the American flag over the middle of a street, suspend it vertically with the blue field (called the union) to the north and east-west street. Why did the Arthur write this sentence?
What is tell how to hang the American flag over the street?
In literay analysis , these deeper supporting details require the reader to interpret what the author implies rather than stating directly .
what is Inferences
Punctuation mark that shows a pause stronger than a comma but weaker that a period
what is a semi-colon
Information from the text that proves your answer or claim.