Cut the cards apart. Alone or with a partner, decide what the main idea of an essay with these things in it would be. Write the main idea on the back of the cards.
 

lion, tiger, panther, lynx	hammer, saw, screwdriver, pliers	Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, George Washington Carver
Pete Wilson, Gray Davis, Ronald Reagan	sun, moon, stars, clouds	Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Ben Franklin
Hawaii, Japan, Tasmania	rose, tulip, carnation, orchid	Earth, Mars, Saturn, Venus
cake, cookies, pie, ice cream	rye, wheat, raisin, pumpernickel	Grant, Truman, Ford, Lincoln