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5 Ws
Practice Q
Details
100
Important information that tells you about the passage being read.
What is Main Idea?
100
When you switch on an electric lamp, you don't think about the huge sprawling power plant many miles away that is generating electricity.
What is the main idea?
100
It is the key to good comprehension.
What is the importance of the main idea?
100
The topic that is not clearly stated in the text or passage.
What is implied main idea?
200
The sentence that summarizes the passage or paragraph.
What is the topic sentence?
200
The weather outside is frightful.
What is topic sentence?
200
It organizes the paragraph by give an overview of the subject.
What is a topic sentence?
200
The beginning or first sentence of a paragraph.
What is the topic sentence normally located?
200
Winter in Watertown is very brutal.
What is a topic sentence?
300
To make a guess based on information presented in the passage or paragraph.
What is inference?
300
When you associate a passage read to yourself or something affecting your life.
What is Text to self?