Central Ideas
What do we call the main message an author wants readers to understand?
What is Central idea.
What helps explain or prove a central idea?
What is supporting details.
Winning the spelling bee was a major accomplishment. What does accomplishment mean?
What is an achievement.
A biography describes a person's life from childhood to adulthood. What text structure is used?
What is chronological order.
Which word is a noun in this sentence: "The teacher smiled"
What is teacher.
A passage explains how drinking water helps the body function. What is the main idea?
What is drinking water helps keep the body healthy.
Which detail supports the idea that exercise is beneficial: Exercise strengthens muscles or exercise requires shoes?
What is exercise strengthens muscles.
Two friends negotiate over which movie to watch. What are they doing?
What is discussing options to reach an agreement.
An article explains the size, color, and appearance of a butterfly. How is the information organized?
What is description.
Choose the correct verb: "The students is/are ready for class."
What is are?
A text discusses how technology has changed the way people communicate. What is the central idea?
What is technology has changed how people communicate.
A passage claims that libraries are valuable to communities. Name one detail that supports this claim.
What is libraries provide free access to books and information.
Both teams have a mutual goal of winning the championship. What does mutual mean?
What is shared by both teams.
Heavy rainfall caused the river to flood. What text structure connects these events?
What is cause and effect.
What punctuation mark belongs at the end of this sentence: "Where is my notebook"
What is a question mark.
Why should readers look at the entire passage when identifying its central idea?
What is the central idea represents the text as a whole, not just one detail.
A student says, "School gardens help students learn." What example could support this statement?
What is students learn about plant growth by growing vegetables.
The utilization of computers has increased in classrooms. What does utilization mean?
What is the use of something.
A school has too much cafeteria waste, so students create a recycling program. What text structure is used?
What is problem and solution.
Identify the adverb: "The students quietly entered the classroom."
What is quietly.
A passage explains how bees pollinate flowers and help crops grow. What central idea connects these details?
What is bees play an important role in plant reproduction and food production.
An author includes statistics, examples, and facts throughout an article. What purpose do these details serve?
What is to provide evidence and develop the central idea.
The principal and students reached a mutual agreement after negotiating. What does this sentence suggest?
What is that they discussed their differences and reached an agreement they both accepted.
An article examines how online learning and traditional classrooms are similar and different. What text structure is used?
What is compare and contrast.
Rewrite this sentence correctly: "Yesterday me and my friend goes to the library."
What is "Yesterday, my friend and I went to the library"?