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- 1. Multiple Choice
main idea is:
the author's message about life
what the story is mostly about
what the writer is saying about the topic being addressed
is usually a single sentence
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the main idea:
Summer is a wonderful time to spend at West Beach. It is a beach with light- colored, soft sand. The coastline goes on for a long way and many people enjoy walking along it. Children like to play in the surf and walk along the rocks that are visible at low tide. This is a fun beach for people of all ages.
West Beach
children like to play in the surf at West Beach
summer is a wonderful time at West Beach
West Beach has light colored, soft sand
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is the topic:
Summer is a wonderful time to spend at West Beach. It is a beach with light- colored, soft sand. The coastline goes on for a long way and many people enjoy walking along it. Children like to play in the surf and walk along the rocks that are visible at low tide. This is a fun beach for people of all ages.
West Beach
Children playing on the beach
Fun at the beach
Summer is a wonderful time at West Beach
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is the main idea:
The movie Apollo 13 was a blockbuster for the summer of 1995. It is an exciting story about space exploration. In the movie, the astronauts get in trouble while they are trying to return to Earth. People in the audience are on the edge of their seats waiting to see what happens. What makes it even more exciting is that it is a true story.
Apollo 13 was a blockbuster for the summer of 1995
Summer Blockbusters
Apollo 13 is an exciting and true story
Apollo 13
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is the topic:
The movie Apollo 13 was a blockbuster for the summer of 1995. It is an exciting story about space exploration. In the movie, the astronauts get in trouble while they are trying to return to Earth. People in the audience are on the edge of their seats waiting to see what happens. What makes it even more exciting is that it is a true story.
Summer blockbusters
1995
Astronauts and Earth
Apollo 13
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the topic:
Most teenagers and young adults do not know what they want to do for the rest of their lives. It is a big decision. There are a number of things you can do to narrow the choices. For example you can take an interest test, do some research on your own about a career, try volunteer work in the field in which you are interested, or “job-shadow”, in which you spend a day with a person who is working in a field that interests you. These are just a few helpful ideas as you begin to choose a career.
Teenagers and young adults and jobs
Job-shadowing
A few ideas to help the reader choose a career
Career choices
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is the main idea:
Most teenagers and young adults do not know what they want to do for the rest of their lives. It is a big decision. There are a number of things you can do to narrow the choices. For example you can take an interest test, do some research on your own about a career, try volunteer work in the field in which you are interested, or “job-shadow”, in which you spend a day with a person who is working in a field that interests you. These are just a few helpful ideas as you begin to choose a career.
Spending the day figuring out what career you will enjoy
Taking an interest test to choose a career
Ideas to help the reader choose a career
The importance of researching career choices
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is the topic:
The United States seems to be in love with the idea of going out to eat. Because of this, a real variety of restaurants has come about specializing in all kinds of foods. McDonald’s is the king of a subgroup of restaurants called fast-food restaurants. Chances are, no matter where you live, there is a McDonald’s restaurant near you. There are even McDonald’s in the Soviet Union. Now McDonald’s is trying something new. It is called McDonald’s Express and there is a test site in Peabody, Massachusetts. It is part of a Mobil gas station. This allows you to fill up with gas and fill up on food at the same time. What will they think of next?
Eating out
Fast-food restaurants
Eating on the go
McDonald's
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is the main idea:
The United States seems to be in love with the idea of going out to eat. Because of this, a real variety of restaurants has come about specializing in all kinds of foods. McDonald’s is the king of a subgroup of restaurants called fast-food restaurants. Chances are, no matter where you live, there is a McDonald’s restaurant near you. There are even McDonald’s in the Soviet Union. Now McDonald’s is trying something new. It is called McDonald’s Express and there is a test site in Peabody, Massachusetts. It is part of a Mobil gas station. This allows you to fill up with gas and fill up on food at the same time. What will they think of next?
McDonald’s is the king of fast food
No matter where you live, there is a McDonald's
McDonald's new ideas for take out
The United States loves the idea of going out to eat
- 10. Multiple Choice
Main idea can be found:
In the middle of the paragraph
The first sentence of a paragraph
The last sentence of the paragraph
Anywhere in a story
- 11. Multiple Choice
If the main idea is: Summer is a wonderful time at West Beach, what are some supporting details?
Summer is a wonderful time to spend at West Beach. It is a beach with light- colored, soft sand. The coastline goes on for a long way and many people enjoy walking along it. Children like to play in the surf and walk along the rocks that are visible at low tide. This is a fun beach for people of all ages.
...many people enjoy walking along it
This is a fun beach...
Children like to play in the surf...
It is a beach with light colored sand
- 12. Multiple Choice
Supporting details
are sentences
support the main idea by telling how, what, when, where, why, how much, or how many.
are words
are the most important ideas
- 13. Multiple Choice
When using supporting details from a text, use:
a comma
According to "text #1 title"...
quotation marks
parenthesis
- 14. Multiple Choice
When using supporting details from a text
always be sure to write why you are using the details
always make sure the details support your main idea/thesis
write the detail in capital letters
make sure it is an opinion that is the same as yours
- 15. Multiple Choice
When writing a literary analysis, it is important to
figure out the main idea of the texts
find a relationship between the texts
use your opinion to persuade the audience
argue which text is better
- 16. Multiple Choice
If the main idea is: Ideas to help the reader choose a career,
supporting details would include:
Most teenagers and young adults do not know what they want to do for the rest of their lives. It is a big decision. There are a number of things you can do to narrow the choices. For example you can take an interest test, do some research on your own about a career, try volunteer work in the field in which you are interested, or “job-shadow”, in which you spend a day with a person who is working in a field that interests you. These are just a few helpful ideas as you begin to choose a career.
"...you can take an interest test..."
"These are just a few helpful ideas as you begin to choose a career."
"...try volunteer work in the field in which you are interested..."
"It is a big decision."
- 17. Multiple Choice
If the main idea is: McDonalds is the king of fast food, supporting details would include:
The United States seems to be in love with the idea of going out to eat. Because of this, a real variety of restaurants has come about specializing in all kinds of foods. McDonald’s is the king of a subgroup of restaurants called fast-food restaurants. Chances are, no matter where you live, there is a McDonald’s restaurant near you. There are even McDonald’s in the Soviet Union. Now McDonald’s is trying something new. It is called McDonald’s Express and there is a test site in Peabody, Massachusetts. It is part of a Mobil gas station. This allows you to fill up with gas and fill up on food at the same time. What will they think of next?
"... a real variety of restaurants has come about specializing in all kinds of foods."
" Chances are, no matter where you live, there is a McDonald’s restaurant near you."
"There are even McDonald’s in the Soviet Union."
"McDonald’s is the king of a subgroup of restaurants called fast-food restaurants."
- 18. Multiple Choice
When writing a literary analysis about FICTION:
write about similar characters
write about similar themes
write about similar use of figurative language
write about similar conflicts
- 19. Multiple Choice
When writing literary analysis about NON-FICTION:
write about how concepts in the texts relate to the world
write about how two separate texts deal with similar ideas/concepts
write about how your opinion relates to the texts
write about how the texts use the same literary structures/vocabulary
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