The Rhodora / Ralph Waldo Emerson

Test Practice

Identify Main Ideas

With a partner, discuss how to answer these questions about main ideas.

1. Which line best states a main idea of the selection?
a. “I found the fresh Rhodora in the woods.”
b. “This charm is wasted on the earth and sky.”
c. “Then Beauty is its own excuse for being.”
d. “I never thought to ask, I never knew.”


What is the correct answer to the question above? How did the information you gathered while reading help you eliminate incorrect answers?

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