Main ideas are often found at the beginning of paragraphs. The first sentence often explains the subject being discussed in the passage. Main ideas are also found in the concluding sentences of a paragraph.
True or false: Common nouns name specific nouns, such as Arizona, Ford, and Yosemite.
False.
Answer: C. An adolescent boy loses his apprentice job as a carpenter because he chooses to go swimming instead of working.
A parable is a short story that is meant to be didactic, or educational. It can be written in prose or verse and it illustrates a moral lesson or principle. It is different from a fable because fables tend to employ animals, plants or foces of nature as characters, while parables tend to use humans. <em>The Bible</em> provides several famous examples of parables.
