Which of the following is the best description of a selection's theme?

Central point

Summary

Main idea

Central idea

Message about life

Six skills prepare students to become better readers and for college-level courses:

° recognizing main ideas.

° identifying supporting details.

° recognizing implied main ideas and the central point.

° understanding relationships that involve addition and time.

° understanding relationships that involve illustration, comparison or contrast, and

cause and effect.

° understanding purpose and tone.

Explanation:

the words “strangest” and “unusual” suggest that the narrator is about to tell the story of an odd or puzzling group of people.