1. What's the unique relationship between textual evidence and the main idea? A. There's no relationship between textual evidence and the main idea. B. The main idea is specifically stated in textual evidence. C. Gathering textual evidence helps the reader discover the main idea. D. Textual evidence shows why the main idea isn't true.

2. In a workplace email, use a/an _______ if addressing someone in a leadership position.

A. semicolon
B. colon
C. hyphen
D. emoji

3. An informational text is

A. a writing about different facts, people, events, or periods in history.
B. organized in reverse chronological order.
C. persuasive in nature; the writer is presenting an argument to the reader.
D. a fictional text written with a compare/contrast structure.

4. The "from" field in an email shows the

A. email address of the recipient.
B. email address of the sender.
C. telephone number of the recipient.
D. telephone number of the sender.

When trying to discover the main idea within a text, it is important to look for clues. Clues will be contained within the text that hint at the main idea being discussed, and this clues within the text are known as textual evidence and can range from something as simple as a symbol (symbolism) to something as complex as dialog and allegory.

2. B. Colon

The punctuation used following a salutation can be informal or formal (there really is no in between). For informal communications, you would use a comma, and for formal communications, you would use a colon. When addressing a superior, or someone in a leadership position in the workplace, it is best to be formal. Thus, a colon would be needed following the salutation.

3. A. a writing about different facts, people, events, or periods in history.

Informational texts do exactly as the name “informational” suggest—they provide unbiased (non-persuasive), true and non-fictional information (facts) about people, events, or periods in history. And, this would generally be done in an order in accordance with the timeline of the actual happenings.

4. Email address of the sender.

The “from” field in an email will show the email address from which the email is coming. Thus, if one wants to know email address the sender used to send the email, one would look in the “from” field of the email.