What is the characteristic about the information being correct?
Must be totally accurate and include all important information.
100
What does specific mean?
Exact or precise
100
Teens are smoking more now than in the past.
Teen smoking has increased.
Good paraphrase?
yes
200
What step talks about details that are not as important?
Ink out clarifying details.
200
Tell two things about an essential detail.
An essential detail gives important information about the topic and is needed to understand the main idea.
200
The paraphrase must be ________and_______.
specific and clear
200
What does relevant mean?
It means the information is about the topic.
200
A great many voters are opposed to the war in Afganistan.
People hate war.
Good paraphrase?
No
300
What step makes you think about how the details go together?
Notice how the Essential Details are related.
300
Tell two things about a clarifying detail.
A clarifying detail gives information about the essential details and is not needed to understand the main idea.
300
It's not a paraphrase unless you say it___________
in your own words.
300
What is the difference between essential details and clarifying details?
Essential details are needed to understand the main idea and clarifying details are not.
300
Training dogs to fight is against the law in the United States.
In our country, you can train fighting dogs.
Good paraphrase?
Yes
400
What does inferring the Main Idea mean?
It means you are putting the main idea into your own words.
400
What is a paraphrase?
A paraphrase is putting the main idea into your own words.
400
A good paraphrase must contain___________and___________information.
useful and relevant
400
What is the difference between an inferred main idea and a literal main idea?
An inferred main idea has to be put into your own words, it's not written in the paragraph.
A literal main idea is written in the paragraph.
400
Only healthy food can be distributed in schools.
Good food sucks!
Good paraphrase!
NO
500
Say all the steps without your cheat sheet.
Make the topic known
Accent at least two essential details
Ink out the clarifying details
Notice how the essential details are related
Infer the main idea.
500
What is the main idea?
The main idea is the big idea or the point being made about the topic.
500
What is a paraphrase NOT?
A paraphrase is not a definition or a statement about the topic.
500
What's the difference between the topic and the main idea?
The topic is one or two words that tell what the paragraph is about the main idea tells the most important thing about the topic.
500
Say a paraphrase for this main idea.
Students should start a savings account when they are young, so that they learn responsibility.
Having a savings account at an early age creates a responsible adult.