Main Ideas and details – SET 1 Welcome to your Main Ideas and details - SET 1 1. Microplastics are pieces of plastic that are smaller than a grain of rice. These small plastics can be found in large quantities in ocean waters. Ecologist Jessica Reichert and her team are studying the role reef-building corals have in capturing microplastics from ocean waters. Through research, her team has found that these corals may be storing up to 20 million kilograms of microplastics each year in their skeletons and tissues. Which choice best states the main idea of the text? Questions remain around the impact certain corals have on ocean ecosystems. Microplastics are small pieces of plastic that can be found in ocean waters. Ecologists are interested in learning more about how certain corals build large reefs. Ecologists predict that corals store large amounts of microplastics from ocean waters. None 2. Artist Justin Favela explained that he wanted to reclaim the importance of the piñata as a symbol in Latinx culture. To do so, he created numerous sculptures from strips of tissue paper, which is similar to the material used to create piñatas. In 2017, Favela created an impressive life-size piñata-like sculpture of the Gypsy Rose lowrider car, which was displayed at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California. The Gypsy Rose lowrider was famously driven by Jesse Valadez, an early president of the Los Angeles Imperials Car Club. According to the text, which piece of Favela’s art was on display in the Petersen Automotive Museum in 2017? A painting of Los Angeles A sculpture of a lowrider car A sculpture of Jesse Valadez A painting of a piñata None 3. The following text is from David Barclay Moore’s 2022 novel Holler of the Fireflies. The narrator has just arrived at summer camp, which is far away from his home. This place was different than I thought it would be. I’d never been somewhere like this before. I did feel scared, but also excited. ©2022 by David Barclay Moore According to the text, how does the narrator feel about being at summer camp? He feels peaceful. He feels both scared and excited. He feels overjoyed. He feels both angry and jealous. None 4. The following text is from Shyam Selvadurai’s 1994 novel Funny Boy. The seven-year-old narrator lives with his family in Sri Lanka. Radha Aunty is the narrator’s aunt. Radha Aunty, who was the youngest in my father’s family, had left for America four years ago when I was three, and I could not remember what she looked like. I went into the corridor to look at the family photographs that were hung there. But all the pictures were old ones, taken when Radha Aunty was a baby or young girl. Try as I might, I couldn’t get an idea of what she looked like now. My imagination, however, was quick to fill in this void. ©1994 by Shyam Selvadurai. According to the text, why does the narrator consult some family photographs? He wants to remind his aunt of an event that is shown in an old photograph He is curious about how his father dressed a long time ago. He hopes the photographs will help him recall what his aunt looked like He wants to use the photographs as inspiration for a story he is writing. None 5. The following text is adapted from Sylvia Acevedo’s 2018 memoir Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist. The narrator is traveling by car with her family to Mexico City. Mario and Laura are her brother and sister. Mario and I played games to see how many different license plates we could spot, and Laura liked to look for children in the back seats of the cars we passed. We were used to the forty-five-minute drive to El Paso and familiar with the six-hour ride to Chihuahua, but I wondered what the long journey to Mexico City would be like. ©2018 by Sylvia Acevedo According to the text, what did the narrator and Mario do while riding in the car? They read books. They sang songs. They played games. They went to sleep. None 6. The following text is adapted from Edith Nesbit’s 1906 novel The Railway Children. Mother did not spend all her time in paying dull [visits] to dull ladies, and sitting dully at home waiting for dull ladies to pay [visits] to her. She was almost always there, ready to play with the children, and read to them, and help them to do their home-lessons. Besides this she used to write stories for them while they were at school, and read them aloud after tea, and she always made up funny pieces of poetry for their birthdays and for other great occasions. According to the text, what is true about Mother? She creates stories and poems for her children. Reading to her children is her favorite activity. Birthdays are her favorite special occasion. She wishes that more ladies would visit her. None 7. The following text is from Beatrice Harraden’s 1894 novel Ships that Pass in the Night. In an old second-hand bookshop in London, an old man sat reading Gibbon’s History of Rome. He did not put down his book when the postman brought him a letter. He just glanced indifferently at the letter, and impatiently at the postman. Zerviah Holme did not like to be interrupted when he was reading Gibbon; and as he was always reading Gibbon, an interruption was always regarded by him as an insult. Based on the text, how did Zerviah Holme most likely feel when the letter was delivered? He felt sad because the postman did not stop to talk with him before leaving. He felt excited because the letter was from a good friend. He felt relieved because he had been expecting an important letter. He felt annoyed because he was interrupted while reading his favorite author. None Time's up This Post Has One Comment armando November 3, 2025 Reply woh I enjoy your blog posts, saved to favorites! . Leave a Reply Cancel replyCommentEnter your name or username to comment Enter your email address to comment Enter your website URL (optional) Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
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