When organizing a text, what is the most general information?

What is a contradiction mentioned in the reading regarding gambling laws?

How long should a topic be?

What is an example of a minor supporting detail in this passage?

(1) There are times when the night sky glows with bands of color.  (2) The bands may begin as cloud shapes and then spread into a great arc across the entire sky. (3) They may fall in folds like a curtain drawn across the heavens. (4) The lights usually grow brighter, then suddenly dim. (5) During this time, the sky glows with pale yellow, pink, green, violet, blue, and red. (6) These lights are called the Aurora Borealis. (7) Some people call them the Northern Lights. (8) Scientists have been watching them for hundreds of years. (9) They are not quite sure what causes them. (10) In ancient times, people were afraid of the lights. (11) They imagined that they saw fiery dragons in the sky. (12) Some even concluded that the heavens were on fire. What is the topic of the passage?

Why should you use a key or legend for annotations?

What major supporting detail in paragraph 2 supports the main idea?

What is an example of a minor supporting detail in paragraph 2?

What kind of context clue is used in the following sentence: “Writing an essay from the heart involves a display of candor; that is, a show of straightforwardness.”

Imagine you’re reading a selection titled Ancient Egyptian Architecture with the subtitles Tombs, Temples, Palaces, and In the Modern Era. In which subsection would you expect to find information about ancient burial sites?