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Main Idea & Details Review

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This board helps players review English / ELA · Reading skill through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Main Idea Basics, Supporting Details, Summaries, Text Clues, Challenge. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Main Idea Basics

    What do we call the most important point of a passage?

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    Main idea

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  • Supporting Details

    What do facts, examples, and reasons do for a main idea?

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    Support it

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  • Summaries

    What is a short version of a passage called?

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    Summary

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  • Text Clues

    What repeated words can help reveal the main idea?

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    Key words

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  • Challenge

    If a passage lists causes of pollution, what is its likely main topic?

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    Pollution causes

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Main Idea Basics

$100 — What do we call the most important point of a passage?
Main idea
$200 — What sentence often tells what a paragraph is mostly about?
Topic sentence
$300 — What should every important detail connect back to?
Main idea
$400 — What is a one-sentence statement of a passage's big point called?
Central idea
$500 — What is a detail that distracts from the central idea called?
Irrelevant detail

Supporting Details

$100 — What do facts, examples, and reasons do for a main idea?
Support it
$200 — What type of detail gives a number or measurement?
Statistic
$300 — What type of detail gives a real-life case?
Example
$400 — What type of detail tells why something is true?
Reason
$500 — What should a reader do with details that do not match the topic?
Eliminate them

Summaries

$100 — What is a short version of a passage called?
Summary
$200 — Should a summary include every tiny detail?
No
$300 — What should a summary focus on first?
Main idea
$400 — What type of information should a summary leave out?
Minor details
$500 — What is the best summary of a text usually based on?
Key ideas

Text Clues

$100 — What repeated words can help reveal the main idea?
Key words
$200 — What heading can help predict the topic of a section?
Title
$300 — What question asks what the passage is mostly about?
Main idea question
$400 — What is the author's reason for including a paragraph called?
Purpose
$500 — What do transition words like first, next, and finally show?
Sequence

Challenge

$100 — If a passage lists causes of pollution, what is its likely main topic?
Pollution causes
$200 — If most details describe animal adaptations, what should the main idea mention?
Adaptations
$300 — If a passage compares solar and wind energy, what structure is likely used?
Compare and contrast
$400 — What is the difference between topic and main idea?
Main idea says more
$500 — What type of answer is too broad for a main idea question?
Too general

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