Main Idea and Details
The main idea of a passage is: a) How the story starts b) How the story ends c) What the whole passage was mostly about d) What the first sentence is about.
What is C?
What are character's traits?
What is how a character acts, thinks and feels?
When an author uses lots of words like first, then, next, finally, what structure are they using?
What is sequence?
We had to *vacate* the building when the tornado siren sounded because no one could be left in side.
What is leave empty?
How many paragraphs should be written for a short response on the TNReady?
What is NONE? Short responses should be only a few sentences...not as long as a whole paragraph.
How many details and explanation make a strong paragraph?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 8
d) 10
What is b?
When you retell a story, you are also _______ing a story. Fill in the blank to complete the word.
What is recounting?
What is the text structure below? A paperback and a kindle are both ways to read a book. Paperbacks take up a lot of space on your book shelf, but one kindle can hold thousands of books in just the space of a tablet.
What is compare and contrast?
My body was still *quivering* after my brother jumped out from behind the bush to scare me.
What is shaking?
What should you always do when your test includes a passage and questions that follow? (this answer has 2 parts)
What is to read the questions first and then annotate?
In a narrative paragraph, details are also called...
What is problem and solution?
What does T.D.E.D.E.C stand for?
What is Topic, Detail, Explanation, Detail, Explanation, and Conclusion?
What is the text structure below? When I unrolled the carpet on my living room floor, I accidentally bumped into the table. The table fell with a crash and the green potted plant on top of it tumbled onto the hardwood floor. What a mess!
What is a problem and/or cause and effect?
The giant ice cream sundae was so *scrumptious* that I ate the entire thing.
What is delicious?
True or false: It is okay to make accidental stray marks on your bubble sheet, as long as you fill in the circles correctly?
What is false? There should be NO stray marks on your bubble sheet.
What is the main idea of this paragraph? I believe that children should not have homework on the weekends. Children need time to play. They also need to spend time with their families. Some kids have extra activities like karate or dance. Homework for children on the weekends is a bad idea.
What is children should not have homework on the weekends?
What is the central message of a text?
What is the lesson, or what the author wants you to learn from the text?
What kind of writing is shown below? (Hint: look at the punctuation!) "When will we eat dinner?" I asked mom. Mom said, "Soon."
What is dialogue?
The student tried to *assimilate* the information so that he could understand how satellites orbit in space.
What is learn?
Describe the term "point of view."
What is the way a character tells something the way THEY see it, and this might be different from how another character sees it?
How many sentences make up the first detail of this paragraph? My birthday cake was delicious and beautiful. The flavor was chocolate. It was swirled with vanilla. It tasted great with milk. The decorations included roses and my name in script writing. I loved how my cake tasted and looked.
What is 3?
What is it called when a character has a tough issue they have to overcome?
What is the problem of the story?
What is the text structure below? Sometimes, hawks and owls are badly injured by cars. These birds face a huge problem, because they can no longer hunt for food. One way to fix this is to keep the birds at special rehabilitation centers. People can visit the centers to learn more about hawks and owls.
What is problem and solution?
Where we live in Northern Maine, the winters are quite harsh. Each year we fly to a warm climate for a break from the cold weather. It feels like *utopia* every time we step off the plane at our destination.
What is dreamland or heaven?
What is a stanza?
What is a section of a poem?