Central Idea & Theme
This is the main message or overall point of a text.
What is the central idea?
Specific information from the text that supports the central idea or theme.
What is evidence?
Using your understanding of the text to draw conclusions that are not explicitly stated.
What is making an inference?
A recurring message or lesson that is conveyed throughout a text, often not directly stated.
What is the theme?
A sentence or phrase from the text that directly relates to the central idea or theme.
What is a supporting detail?
Identifying the reason an event happened in the text.
What is identifying cause and effect?
This type of central idea presents a problem or situation and then proposes a solution.
What is a problem-solution central idea?
Identifying the main idea of each paragraph in a text can help you find what kind of evidence?
What is supporting evidence for the central idea of the whole text?
Thinking of what might happen next in the text based on the information presented.
What is making a prediction/inference?
A central idea that focuses on comparing and contrasting two or more things.
What is a compare-and-contrast central idea?
How can you distinguish between relevant and irrelevant details when looking for evidence?
What is evaluating if the detail directly relates to the central idea or theme?
Connect your understanding of a text to your own experiences and knowledge.
What is making real-world connections?
This type of central idea presents a sequence of events in chronological order.
What is a narrative central idea?
Explanation of how citing evidence from the text can strengthen your understanding and analysis of a text.
What is helping to support your interpretations, claims, and inferences?
Evaluating the author's purpose and bias in a text helps you determine the information to infer.
What is "reading between the lines"?