Main Idea
9th Grade Reading · 20 lessons
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Lessons in this unit
- 1Topic, Claim, and ThesisDistinguish a text's topic from its claims and from the single thesis that governs them.
- 2Finding a Delayed ThesisLocate a thesis that appears after an opening story, question, or opposing view rather than in the first paragraph.
- 3Inferring an Unstated ThesisConstruct the implied thesis of an essay that never states its central claim directly.
- 4Central Ideas in Literature Versus ArgumentCompare how central ideas work in literary texts and in argumentative texts.
- 5Tracing How a Central Idea DevelopsTrack how a text's central idea is introduced, complicated, and refined across its sections.
- 6When Two Central Ideas InteractAnalyze texts with two central ideas and explain how they build on or tension with each other.
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