Read each paragraph and choose the letter of the main idea.
When renting movies, a person can chose from many different formats. The easiest way to rent a
movie is to use a Redbox machine, which are usually located in front of grocery stores. They
have a wide variety of new releases that can be rented for one day. Another option when renting a
movie is not as easy as Redbox, as it requires a high-speed internet connection, is the use Apple
iTunes. This allows a purchasable legal download of any movie available for rent in the iTunes
library. Another popular option is Netflix. This requires the renter to first have an account, but
also plan ahead which movie would like to watch. Once a movie is chosen, the renter must wait
for the movie to be sent in the mail.
Main Idea:
a. iTunes requires a high-speed internet connection.
b. Netflix requires an account.
c. Redbox is located at grocery stores.
d. There are many different options when renting a movie.
Question 2
Read each paragraph and choose the letter of the main idea.
Emergency medical services in many cities have begun advising 911 callers to give a person who
has collapsed chest compressions but not mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. In emergencies, lives
are generally saved or lost in the first six minutes, so trying to explain mouth-to-mouth
procedures to callers was wasting precious time and doing more harm than good. In addition, new
research suggests that mouth-to-mouth resuscitation is not effective in the first few minutes after
a collapse. Therefore, emergency medical dispatchers are explaining to untrained callers only
how to perform chest compressions to mimic2
a steady heartbeat until paramedics can arrive.
Adapted from Robert Davis, Simpler Method for CPR Adopted, USA Today, February 24, 2004, 1A.
Main Idea:
a. Many emergency medical services dispatchers are no longer explaining to callers
how to give a victim mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
b. Emergency medical services are advising people not to try to save someone who
has collapsed.
c. Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation is very difficult to perform properly.
d. Research has shown that mouth-to-mouth resuscitation does more harm than
good.
A comparison between chromosomes found in a normal human cell and a cancer cell from the same person
William Kentridge, History of the Main Complaint.
Identify the Main Term
Coffee will not sober you up. An intoxicated person who drinks coffee will end up being a stimulated
Continental Drift: An Idea Before Its Time
Analogy showing the effects of substitution, deletion, and insertion of one letter in a sentence