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Common Core Standard RI.8.2 Questions

Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.

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Grade 8 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.8.2

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What is the main idea of this passage?
  1. Journalists play an important role in the creation of a newspaper.
  2. Many editors look over pieces of a newspaper before it is published.
  3. The editor-in-chief is the head of a local newspaper.
  4. Some newspapers have more editors than others.
Grade 8 Summarizing CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.8.2
Is it an ant, you wonder, or a termite? Ants resemble termites, but they are quite different and can be easily distinguished. In contrast to termites, ants are usually dark in color, are hard bodied, and have constriction between the thorax and abdomen. Termites are light in color and shed their wings. Flying ants do not shed their wings. Also, ants and termites belong to different orders.

Select the best summary of this paragraph.
  1. Termites are lighter in color and loose their wings at a certain stage of development.
  2. Ants are dark in color, hard bodied and belong to a different order than termites.
  3. Ants and termites are both insects and have many things in common
  4. Although ants resemble termites, they have differences that can be easily seen.
Grade 8 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.8.2

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Which statement provides the main idea for the passage?
  1. Nettles are annoying and should be handled with care, but they still have many uses.
  2. Weeds are annoying and take over gardens, but are very important.
  3. Weeds often grow much faster and more abundantly than the plants we want to grow.
  4. Nettles come in many different varieties, but all have square stems.
Grade 8 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.8.2, RST.6-8.2

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What is the main idea of this passage?
  1. Sleep needs shift dramatically while on the space shuttle.
  2. Astronauts would oversleep if not for Mission Control's morning call.
  3. Sleeping on the space shuttle requires a mix of adaptation and creativity.
  4. Motion sickness makes a good night's sleep on the shuttle very difficult.
Grade 8 Main Idea CCSS: CCRA.R.2, RI.8.2, RST.6-8.2

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What is the main idea of this passage?
  1. The Inuit once lived in igloos in Canada and Greenland.
  2. Igloos are easier to build than some may believe.
  3. Snow provides a surprising amount of insulation for igloos.
  4. Igloos are more comfortable to live in than most people realize.

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