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Reading: key ideas and details

Central ideas, themes and summaries

Reading: key ideas and details · Lesson 2 of 3

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Unit 10

Reading: key ideas and details

3 lessons · 4 h 20 min of study

Close reading: details, inferences and conclusions1 h 50 min of study
Central ideas, themes and summariesReading · 0%
Relationships: sequence, comparison and cause–effect1 h 10 min of study

This unit is ≈11% of the ACT, across 3 lessons. Full syllabus

Lesson 2 of 3 · Reading: key ideas and details

Central ideas, themes and summaries

3 quick checks≈3% of the testCore: Core: tested on most papers

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By the end you’ll be able to

Identify the central idea of a passage or paragraph, and distinguish it from supporting details
Determine the theme of a literary narrative and trace how it develops
Choose accurate summaries of a passage or section, rejecting ones that are too narrow or too broad

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Adaptive questions on central ideas, themes and summaries.

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