How to Find the Main Idea of a Paragraph An important part of developing reading comprehension is identifying the main idea of a paragraph or passage. The main idea states the author ’s overall purpose for writing. Identifying the main idea and restating it in your own words develops skills of comprehension and analysis. Though there are several techniques for identifying the main idea of a reading selection‚ some general guidelines and strategies for both reading and checking your decision can
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My 3 highest scores are: Information Processing (85)‚ Study Aids (95)‚ and Time Management (60).The 3 areas I scored the lowest on are: Attitude (5)‚ Motivation (5)‚ and Selecting Main Ideas (20). I’m going to work more on my attitude‚ because it’s important to me that I graduate and get the degree in the career that I want to purse‚ so that I can prove to all the people who told me that I wouldn’t be nothing‚ or had doubt in me‚ because my parents didn’t finish High School‚ nor graduated. Motivation
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The main ideas in the 20 pages talk about who is Winston Smith . Winston Smith was thirty-nine years old‚ and had a varicose ulcer above his right ankle. He lived in Victory Mansions. He worked at a kilomentor away the Ministry of Truth. There are four apartment such as Minitrue‚ Minipax‚ Minlur‚ and Miniplenty. Precisely‚ the Ministry of love was the really frightening one because there are gorilla-faced guards. Also‚ Winston wrote the diary about the movie he watched. After that he thought about
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Child soldier. Some words don’t belong together. The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) defines child soldiers as "any child—boy or girl—under eighteen years of age‚ who is part of any kind of regular or irregular armed force or armed group in any capacity." Child soldiers perform a range of tasks including participation in combat‚ laying mines and explosives; scouting‚ spying‚ acting as decoys‚ couriers or guards; training‚ drill or other preparations; logistics and support functions‚ cooking
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The dog from whom the perspective is written manages to save the master’s child from a fire by dragging it from the nursery. The master‚ not knowing that there was a fire‚ struck the dog so severely that she would never completely recover her leg and would forever hobble around on three. Soon it is discovered that there is a fire
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scientism in the Industrial Revolution. This novel is written by one of the most prominent figures in the English literature Mary Shelley. The origin of Frankenstein is almost as mysterious and exciting as the novel itself. Mary Shelley came up with the idea to write her novel in Switzerland‚ Frankenstein was published two years later in 1818. It all began back in the summer of 1816 at the famed Villa Diodati on the shores of Lake Geneva‚ Switzerland. Mary Shelley spent most of that summer together with
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people’s morals include helping the poor? Andrew Carnegie wrote the essay “The Gospel of Wealth.” The introduction announces Carnegie’s main idea‚ “His proposal is that such men should give their wealth back to the community for its benefit in the form of institutions that would contribute to “the improvement of the race‚” (p. 342). Many people agree with Carnegie’s idea. Why should the rich not spread their wealth to help others for the positive? Poverty is a sad‚ harsh‚ and heartbreaking issue in America
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A Child Called It Persuasive Essay A good majority of sophomore students dislike reading old and boring classic novels that are on standard reading lists. It is definitely time for a change in Rhode Island English classes. The breath-taking novel‚ “A Child Called It” by Dave Pelzer should be added to a mandatory reading list for all tenth grade students. Abuse is an issue that people deal with every day. By reading this book‚ people will become more aware of the severe crime. This is one reason
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Name: Bria Brazier Course: ACAC 0321 Reading I Date: November 13‚ 2011 Book Report Title: A Child Called “It” Author: Dave Pelzer Publisher and Year: Health Communications‚ Inc. 3201 S.W. 15th Street Deerfield Beach‚ Florida 33442-8190 A child called it takes place in Daly City‚ California March 5th‚ 1973. It takes place in the Early 70’s where David’s parents seemed to not really care about him and how he looked and if he was taken care of properly. During this time his father
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Jasmine Irizarry #10 Sunday‚ February 05‚ 2012 Bloom’s Book Report A Child Called “It” By: Dave Pelzer 153 pages KNOWLDEGE (5 pts. each‚ 1-3 sentences‚ approximately) 1. Name the characters in the story and label which were the most important. The main characters were a little boy in fifth grade named David who was a child that was abused since he was in about second grade. In the end of the story he’s in 5th grade and that wasn’t nearly the end of his abuse. There is also his
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