Complete these activities to practice using textual evidence to recognize elements of the narrative arc and to determine the central idea of a text.
Question
A topic and a central idea are not the same thing. Remember, a topic is the subject of the text, and the central idea is the main idea, or message, of the text.
Which statements are central ideas?
Select each correct answer.
Responses
Fear reveals what humans value
Fear reveals what humans value,
Anxiety about the future
Anxiety about the future,
Some bonds are stronger than family
Some bonds are stronger than family,
Analysis of salaries in athletics
Analysis of salaries in athletics,
Basketball players are overpaid
Basketball players are overpaid,
Family relationships
Family relationships,
The central ideas are:
- Fear reveals what humans value
- Anxiety about the future
- Some bonds are stronger than family
- Basketball players are overpaid
- Family relationships