A story about a boat sailing across the ocean describes whales singing, watching whales singing and studying whales singing. Is the central idea most likely about ships that sail in the ocean or whales singing?
whales singing
What are the author's feeling in the writing?
Tone
A story called "The Zoo" describes all of the animals that live in the zoo. Is the main idea most likely about how the zoo runs, or the daily care of the animals?
Daily care of the animals
The author uses words like cheerful what are they giving clues of?
Tone
We read a story about a rabbit who races a turtle. We learn the lesson that being slow isn't bad if you keep going. What is this an example of? Theme or Main idea?
theme
if you feel calm after reading a text are we talking about tone or mood?
mood
The readers emotions toward a text
mood
The most important or central idea in a text
main idea
The overall lesson learned from a story or article is an example of
theme
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