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Establishing a Main Idea
Main Idea of Movies
Main Idea of Music
Main Idea of a TV Show
Main Idea Strategies
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There are many different kinds of bears in the world. Black bears live in North America. Grizzly bears also live in North America. They are very dangerous. The white Polar bear lives in the Arctic. The biggest bear is the Kodiak bear that is found in Alaska. What is the main idea of this text passage? A. Bears live in North America. B. Bears are dangerous. C. There are many kinds of bears.
What is C. "There are many kinds of bears."?
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In this movie, a small fish is captured. His father and a forgetful fish try to locate his whereabouts.

What is Finding Nemo?

100
In this song, a special glowing deer is rejected until his jolly owner finds a use for him.
What is Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer?
100
This TV Show's main idea is that a yellow sponge enjoys a life of working at a burger shack under the sea.
What is Sponge Bob?
100
You use this strategy/feature when reading your FSA test on the computer to draw your attention back to significant points made in an article.
What is highlighting?
200
Bats are fascinating animals. They are not birds, they are flying mammals. Some bats eat fruit, others eat insects. Bats are experts at flying. They use a system called echolocation to fly quickly in the dark. Which is the main idea of this text passage? A. Bats are flying mammals. B. Bats are fascinating animals. C. Some bats eat fruit.
What is B. "Bats are fascinating animals."?
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In this movie, a man obsessed with Christmas discovers that he was adopted as a baby, and his biological father lives in New York City.

In this movie, a man obsessed with Christmas discovers that he was adopted as a baby, and his biological father lives in New York City.

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The main idea of this song is to help a person celebrate the anniversary of their birth.
What is Happy Birthday?
200
The main idea of this show is that a woman has trouble taking care of her children and must depend on her friends and family.
What is Fuller House?
200
You use this strategy to go back and guarantee that you complete understanding of the reading.
What is re-reading?
300
Many types of bacteria are helpful. For example, some are able to take nitrogen from the air. They then put it into the soil. This makes the soil better for growing plants. Some bacteria are helpful in making cheese. Other bacteria are helpful in making vinegar. What is the main idea of this text passage? A. Bacteria puts nitrogen from the air into the soil. B. Bacteria helps make food. C. Some types of bacteria helps humans.
What is C. "Some types of bacteria helps humans."?
300
In this movie, a group of superheroes bind together to fight off an alien species that is about to invade earth.
What is The Avengers?
300
The main idea of this song is to continue everlastingly.
What is The Song That Never Ends?
300
The main idea of this show is that singers compete to get the attention of celebrities in order to become famous.
What is The Voice?
300
When you use this strategy, you are eliminating answers that you know are not correct.
What is Slash the Trash?
400
Our solar system is very large. It includes the eight planets that turn around the sun. These planets include Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. There are also hundreds of thousands of smaller planets in this system. They are called asteroids. Each asteroid is much smaller than any of the eight large planets. What is the main idea of this text passage? A. Our solar system is made up of the Sun, the nine large planets and many asteroids. B. Pluto used to be a planet but now is a dwarf planet. C. There are eight large planets in our solar system.
What is A. "Our solar system is made up of the Sun, the nine large planets and many asteroids."?
400
In this movie, a boy is forgotten by his family at Christmas and must fend off 2 not-so-bright robbers.
What is Home Alone?
400
The main idea of this song is that a man promises to show a woman a world she has never seen before.
What is A Whole New World?
400
The main idea of this TV Show is that contestants must make it through multiple rounds of competition in order to avoid being voted off the island.
What is Survivor?
400
When you use this strategy, you are using what you know to think of an answer to the question before you read through the answers.
What is Be Slick and Predict?
500
Honeybees form large hives. There are thousands of bees in a hive. One bee is the queen. She lays the eggs. Some bees gather nectar and pollen from flowers to make honey. Other bees protect the hive. Some bees keep the hive clean. Still other bees help the queen. Each bee has a special job to do in the bee hive. What is the main idea of this text passage? A. Bees work together to make honey. B. Each bee has a job to do in a beehive. C. The queen is the most important bee.
What is B. "Each bee has a job to do in a beehive."?
500
In this movie, a young, poor boy falls in love with a princess and to make him love her, he uses the magical powers of a genie in a lamp.
What is Aladdin?
500
The main idea of this song is that this man is so happy, no one can bring him down.
What is Happy?
500
In this TV show, hairy faced men show viewers how to live in the wilderness.
What is Duck Dynasty?
500
When you use this strategy, you are putting a lot of key points into your own words in one or two sentences.
What is summarizing?