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Central Idea and Evidence

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    Finding the central idea and evidence in a passage
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  • What is a central idea?
    A one sentence summary of the entire passage
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  • What is the central idea of this text? A: Skittles are popular and have many flavors, B: Skittles have not been around a long time, C: Skittles are a candy with the letter "S" on it:
    A: Skittles are popular and have many flavors
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  • What piece of evidence BEST supports the central idea?
    C: Basketball was invented at Springfield College in the late 1800s.
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  • What is the central idea of this passage? A: butterflies, B: butterflies can be deadly, C: butterflies are beautiful
    B: butterflies can be deadly
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  • What is the central idea? A: The Dodo bird was flightless, B: Dodo Birds, C: There are several reasons the Dodo Bird went extinct
    C: There are several reasons the Dodo Bird went extinct
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  • What is a supporting detail that shows the central idea "there are several reasons the Dodo Bird went extinct"?
    The Dodo Bird was fat and flightless, which made them easy for Dutch sailors to catch and eat, Additionally, Dodo Birds weren’t afraid of humans, which also mad
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  • What piece of evidence BEST supports the central idea?
    A: The Bulldogs are undefeated
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  • What should be included as soon as possible in a main idea/central idea statement?
    the topic
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  • Why are supporting details important?
    They help give detail/information about what the central idea is - they show evidence to support the central idea
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  • You should ALWAYS read the entire text before deciding on the central idea? True or False
    TRUE
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  • What piece of evidence BEST supports the central idea?
    D: The cubs are excited to eat, which makes them take their first steps down the mountain.
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  • What year did the Dodo Bird go extinct?
    1681
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  • What inference can you make about where Evan is going? A: his graduation, B: a dance, C: a wedding
    A: his graduation
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  • What is the central idea? A: There are some intelligent animals in the world, B: Elephants and goats are smart animals, C: Intelligent Animals
    A: There are some intelligent animals in the world
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  • What is a main idea?
    A one sentence summary about a PORTION of a text
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  • How does identifying the text structure affect how you write a central idea?
    The text structure tells you what kind of information would be important to include in the central idea.
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