Fill in the blanks with words : WORD BANK from the word bank You will : text features articles
not use them all
: tone
topic
repeated
main Idea
1. The
is the person, place, event, thing, or idea that the text
is about; the subject of the text.
12. The
is what the author wants you to know about the
subject; what the article is mostly about
3. To determine the main idea, you should
Read the title and look at the other
to make
predictions about the topic and main idea.
Read the whole text and look for words and ideas that are
Ask yourself. What is the author trying to tell me about the topic?"

Read and key the following paragraph. 1"the final phase of franklin's public service is themost spectacular. 2after his return to america he waselected to the second continental congress and served withjefferson and john adams on the committee which drafted thedeclaration of independence. 3then, in 1776, he wasappointed one of the three commissioners to seek military andnaval assistance from france. 4for nearly ten years pariswas his center of operations, and, in large part because ofhis personal popularity, he secured the much-needed supportof france and spain and eventually negotiate thetreaty of paris (1783), by which england recognized americanindependence. 5when he returned to america in 1785 he wasold and ill, yet he found strength to serve as a delegate tothe constitutional convention, and to continue his work withmany humanitarian and scientific societies." type the key words for sentence's 2. 3. 4. 5.