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Central Idea in Nonfiction — Homework
Reread this week's earthquake passage before answering.
- 1.What two tectonic plates meet at California's border, according to the passage?
- 2.State the passage's central idea in your own words.
- 3.Is the 1906 San Francisco earthquake detail a supporting detail or a side detail? Explain.
- 4.Write your own two-sentence nonfiction paragraph on a topic you know well, with one central idea and one side detail that is interesting but not essential.
- 5.Why is it risky to remember only the most dramatic detail in a nonfiction passage?
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