Literary Elements

A theme is a ___________________ the author wants you to learn.

How can you find the theme?

• It is usually one word.

• It should apply to EVERYONE.

• It cannot contain story characters or events.

• It should apply to women only.

• It is a full sentence.

Which one is an example of a theme?

• Be kind to all creatures, big and small.

• Thomas is a great writer.

• Good will always win against evil.

• The sun rose pink over the roofs of the hundreds of village dwellings.

The author will _______________________ state the theme at the end of a story.

• always

• sometimes

• never

• maybe

Most of the time, you need to use the clues in the story to ______________ the theme.

• delete

• ignore

• infer

• solve

Which one is NOT an example of theme?

• Appreciate all that you have.

• Think positive thoughts.

• Mabel the cow knew Jay the crow.

• More can be accomplished when people work together.

The exposition is the ______________________ and characters at the beginning of a story.

This is the exposition in Little Red Riding Hood: __________________________________.

• the wolf pretends to be Grandma

• the wolf is hungry and wants to eat LRRH

• LRRH meets the wolf in the woods

• the hunter rescues LRRH

The part of a story where the events build and get more suspenseful is called the _________________________ .

• the resolution

• the exposition

• the climax

• rising action

In the three Little Pigs, this is one of the rising action events.

• The wolf is not able to blow down the house mad of brick.

• The wolf easily blows down the house of sticks.

• The wolf runs away never to be seen again.

• It's better to be safe than sorry.