English, 03.02.2020 16:51 afitzgerald

How do you find the central idea of an article, passage, and/or paragraph?

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Answer from: Jrstx333

The central idea is basically what the over all text is talking about, so to find it you would have to read if, summarize, and find what it's taking about

Answer from: mayasofia

You can locate the central idea by trying to find the main thing about what the article is about.

Example: Here's a teen girl, Lisa, talking to her mother. She says things like,

"Come on mom, everybody has one." and...

"You'll be able to keep track of me. I'll actually be safer with one," and...

"It has a calculator on it, so I can use it in math class."

Lisa's mom says, '"Just get to the point!"

Lisa is trying to convince her mother to buy her a smartphone. The central idea, or main point, of her argument could be simply stated as,

'I would like for you to buy me a smartphone.' The central idea isn't hard to figure out, especially when you think of how important central ideas are to our everyday communication. Also, while you are reading, ask yourself "What is this mostly about?" Or, the most important detail in the text.

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Answer from: Quest

animal farm, written by george orwell, is a representation of russia after the revolution that led stalin to take over power.

in this excerpt, the central idea seems to be that the animals (a representation of society), when they believe to be working for a greater good and equality, are obedient and productive. they were convinced that, after expelling the owner (jones) from the farm, they would live in harmony and be fairly treated.

as we know, the pigs become the leaders and grow more selfish and dictatorial with time. in the end, they look and act in a way so similar to humans that it is impossible to tell the difference. the ideals of equality are shattered, and the farm turns out to be worse than it was before. the animals are manipulated with false propaganda and forced to work in order to enrich the pigs.

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