Directions: Read each statement below carefully. Write T if the statement is True and F if the statement is False. Write your an
swer on the provided worksheet. ______1. Finding the main idea will help you understand and remember the information in the paragraph. ______2. Irrelevant idea is something that belongs to or is a part of the whole. It may be a detail or a sentence that supports the main idea to form a unified and coherent composition. ______3. Relevant idea is something that does not belong to the group. It is "odd one out” and destroys the coherence and unity of a composition. ______4. A paragraph usually has one main idea that is stated in a sentence. ______5. The topic sentence of the paragraph is also called a supporting idea.
When his only son, Androgeus, was killed in a battle against Athens, he was so eaten up with grief and hatred that he demanded a terrible tribute every nine years, fourteen young Athenians were to be sent to Crete to be fed to the Minotaur.
