Chapter 8: Implied Main Ideas and Implied Central Ideas
Lab Activity 36: Implied Main Ideas
 
Objective:
To use supporting details to determine the implied main idea.

arrow.gifStep 2: Read the following word puzzles and poems. Then answer the questions that follow them.


      8. Revered, hunted, and honored,
I am the home of brave aqua-men.
Stealthily I move—a graceful predator,
Or the sentinel of the shore.
Threshing to disaster or plummeting to fathoms,

I am a _____________.

 

 
 
 
 
      9. Trichromatic bunting is always in season for me,
Bedecking bicycles, motorcycles, and antique cars.
Flutes trilling a medley and drums beating a tattoo,
I am usually heard before I am seen.
Ticker-taped in the city or simplified at home,

I am a _____________.

 

 
 
 
 
      10. A venue for athletic prowess, finesse, and heartbreak,
I make you forget home, but run to it as well.
By daylight or by night, I stir with life.
Within my walls, even the shy will blossom,
Emboldened to cheer or boo or gasp or sing.

I am a _____________.

 

 
 
 
 





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