Theme Review

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The theme of a story is the ...

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Message about life that the author expresses

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What is a main idea?

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A description of what the story is mostly about

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Theme of a story:

• Fear is more dangerous than any beast.
• A brave teenager signs up to enlist in the military.
• A fear of heights
• "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!"

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Fear is more dangerous than any beast.

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Which of the following could be a theme of a story?

• A 35-year-old woman named Essie and her brother
• A small apartment in Marfa, Texas
• Telling the truth may cause pain, but in the end, it's better than lying.
• Essie lied to her brother about her identity for two years, but she finally decided to tell him the truth.

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Telling the truth may cause pain, but in the end, it's better than lying.

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Theme of a story:

Your past does not define you.

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Returning home after a long time

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A character sees a group of people she used to work with a long time ago.

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An old man who used to be a farmer

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Your past does not define you.

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The sentence: A toad and a lizard learn to get along while on a journey through the wilderness. is an example of a:

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Plot

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Friendship helps people get through hard times. The sentence above is an example of a: Plot, Character, Main idea, Theme

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Theme

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Read the following sentence:

A woman risks her life to spy for the Union during the Civil War.

The sentence above is an example of a:

Plot

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Character

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Main idea

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Theme

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Main idea

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Is the theme generally presented in a complete sentence at the end of the introduction in a story?

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False

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What is theme?

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A unifying idea in a story