Main Idea and Supporting Details Test

Read each paragraph. Choose the best answers. A jingle dress is for special occasions among the Ojibwa people. Often, Ojibwa women and girls wear a jingle dress at powwows. These social gatherings where people do traditional dances and have fun. A jingle dress has small metal cones hanging from it like a fringe. The dress makes a jingling sound when a girl dances. According to a story, a jingle dress helped to cure a young girl. That is why the Ojibwa believe that the jingle dress is a healing garment. The main idea of this paragraph is The dress makes a jingling sound. People get cured from jingle dresses. A jingle dress is for special Ojibwa events. A powwow is a social gathering. A supporting detail is The dress has a fringe of metal cones. The Ojibwa are from the Great Lakes. People camp out at powwows. All Ojibwa people wear jingle dresses. Read the paragraph. Choose the best answer. Do you eat breakfast every day? Researchers have found that people who eat a balanced breakfast are likely to be healthier than those who don't. One reason is most people eat whole grains at breakfast, and those promote good health. Breakfast eaters also tend to have fewer weight problems than those who skip the meal. People who don't eat breakfast usually eat too much later in the day. Often, these foods are not healthy and cause weight gain and other problems. So, be sure to eat breakfast. It is the most important meal of the day. The main idea of this paragraph is Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Skipping breakfast makes you hungry. Breakfast is a delicious meal. Breakfast eaters have fewer weight problems. A supporting detail is People eat too much at lunch. No one has time to eat breakfast. Only healthy people eat breakfast Whole grains at breakfast promote health. Topic Important Inventors Main Idea The United States has been positively affected by many different inventors and creators. Supporting Details Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag with 13 stars representing the 13 colonies. The first telegraph, invented by Alexander Graham Bell, would later lead to the invention of the first phone. The lightening rod was invented by Benjamin Franklin. Lightning rods are placed on top of buildings and keep them from being struck by lightning.