All About Central Idea
Author's Purpose
Vocabulary
Bonus
Poetry Terms
100

The definition of a Central Idea

What is the main point of the text, story, or paragraph?

100

What does an Informative Text need to have in it?

Facts, Data, Statistics and statements

100

The definition of Inference.

What is an educated guess based on implied information?

100

The strategy or step you should use to analyze your questions

What is WOW - (What skill, Where do I look, Other Important Info)?

100

The definition of Allusion

A reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing.

A cultural reference.

200

Every Central Idea should have this to back it up.

What are supporting details or evidence?

200

What is the author's purpose of the passage below?

Florida is a state in the United States. The state bird is the mockingbird. There are many beaches in Florida.

To Inform.

200

The academic definition of Explicit.

What is information that is directly stated in the text?

200

Gina and Peter are watching a movie with robots in it when Gina's phone rings. Peter starts to get mad and tells her to turn her stupid phone off. When they return their attention to the screen there are no more robots, just what appear to be cars and trucks. Infer what movie is being watched.

What is Transformers? 

200

The Definition of Rhyme Scheme

The rhyming pattern found in a poem, typically at the end of a line.

300

The central idea can usually be found where?

What is the first or last sentence of the first paragraph?

300

The definition of Rhetoric

What is persuasive speech?

300

The definition of Excerpt

What is a piece or portion of a text?

300

Tips to find the Central Idea.

What is reading the first and last sentence? What is looking for repeated words or ideas? What is reviewing the title?

300

Define Hyperbole

An Exaggeration.

400

What is the supporting detail of the following passage: Kangaroos protect themselves in many ways. If a kangaroo senses danger, they will bang their tail on the ground to warn the others. A newborn joey is only the size of your thumb.

What is if a kangaroo senses danger, they will bang their tail on the ground to warn the others?

400

What is the authors purpose in the passage below?

what I was looking for. The windows were full of
crystals, dream-catchers, and books about spiritual healing. I didn't even go inside. Through the glass I
could see a fifty-year-old woman with long, gray hair worn straight down her back, clad in a dress right out of the sixties, smiling welcomingly from behind the counter. I decided that was one conversation I could skip. There had to be a normal bookstore in town.

To Entertain.

400

The meaning of analyze 

What is "to break down"?

400

The meaning of tone.


What is the overall feel of a text, the emotions the author is trying to evoke from the reader?


400

What is Diction?

Word Choice.

500

Provide the central idea of the following paragraph. Maria is watching too much television. A toddler shouldn’t be spending copious amounts of hours staring blankly at a screen. Worse yet, some of her wild behavior has been inspired by those awful cartoons she watches. We need to spend more time reading books with her and pull the plug on the TV! A baby needs more attention than just keeping them occupied and quiet. 


What is Watching too much TV is not good for Maria or for toddlers?

500

What is the authors purpose in the passage below?

Bubblegum is the best thing in the world. There are so many kinds. You can blow HUGE bubbles and pop them. It taste very good. Everyone should chew bubble gum.

To Persuade.

500

Supporting information to explain an answer

What is evidence? 

500

Explain in your own words what it means to develop a central idea over the course of the text.

What is provide supporting details or talk about closely related topics that back up the central idea?

500

Define Assonance

The repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words.