Answer: • The Central Idea of an informative passage is
what a passage is all about--stated in a broad
sentence. In past years, you may have called this
the “Main Idea.”
• Central Ideas are the most ESSENTIAL ideas to
help you understand an informative text.
• An informative passage may have more than one
central idea (just like a short story may have
more than one theme)
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