After You Read

Comprehension - Strategy 3: Summarizing

Choose the sentence that best sums up, or restates the main idea of, the following paragraphs.

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The top prize in the contest is $5,000. “Oh, that would be huge,” said Joe Nolan. Nolan is a local Maskwa County musician who is playing at the folk fest for the first time. He hopes to take home the top prize. “Most new musicians don’t make much money. Sometimes we work two jobs and don’t have much time to write music or play. The prize will help with touring, recording, or paying rent.” But the contest is not just about money. “Musicians work really hard writing songs,” said Nolan. “It’s important to be noticed by an important music festival like this one.”

  1. Musicians work really hard writing songs, so they should make a lot of money.
  2. It’s common for new musicians to work two jobs to pay for touring, recording, and their other expenses.
  3. New musicians really struggle, so winning the contest would help them financially and with getting noticed.

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Not everyone is receiving the changes well. Maskwa Country farmer Ivan Broz says that “the festival doesn’t care about the community.” Doucette stated that the changes are supposed to help the community. “We’re having the festival at a totally new location,” he said. “And there are some growing pains as we try to fit in. It is a good idea for folks to visit the festival’s SpaceBook page to get important news and updates.”

  1. There are disagreements about whether the folk festival is causing positive or negative changes to the community.
  2. The folk festival is causing some negative changes to Maskwa County that the local people are unhappy about.
  3. Local people can visit the festival’s SpaceBook page to get information about the changes to the community.

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