Other Skills: Character Traits Compare and Contrast Context Clues Fact and Opinion Figurative Language Point of View Rhythm & Rhyme Story Elements Summary Symbolism Theme
A main idea is the brief summary of the most important concept or concepts in a passage. There can be a main idea, sometimes called a central idea, in a paragraph or a section of a text as well.
by Helen Keller from The Story of My Life
Chapter IV passage: This passage is from Helen Kelle...
Chapter II passage: Helen Keller was an extraordinar...
by Abraham Lincoln
In the midst of the Civil War, President Abraham Lin...
by RV Staff Writer J.C.
Lucy sends her Christmas letter to the North Pole an...
Nature writer and marine biologist Rachel Carson wrote the highly controversial book, “Silent Spring.” The book had the chemica...
by J.M. Barrie from Peter Pan
Chapter 16 passage: J.M. Barrie’s tale “Peter Pan" r...
Chapter 15 passage: “Peter Pan” is the classic tale ...
by Charles Dickens
Book the Third—the Track of a Storm, Part IV passage...
Chapter 13 passage: One of the most famous scenes fr...
Chapter 9 passage: “Peter Pan” by J.M. Barrie is the...