Developing Theme

Select the best answer for what narrative elements authors use to develop the theme.

• Foreshadowing, alliteration, irony, and hyperbole

• Setting, conflict, characters, repetition, word choice, title.

• Main character, minor character, irony, and flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

The problem in a story is the...

• theme
• resolution
• climax
• conflict

The reason why a character thinks, feels, acts or speaks a certain way is called_________.

• Feelings

• Motivation

• Conflicts

• Resolution

What is the Time and Place of the Story?

• Rising Action
• Plot
• Conflict
• Setting

The resolution of a story is when...

• the character gets angry.
• the character bribes other characters.
• the conflict of the story is resolved

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

What is the theme of this story? 

• Don't steal. 
• Don't judge others. You don't know what they are capable of. 
• Being beautiful is the most important thing.
• Swans are prettier than ducks.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

What is the theme of this story? 

• Don't be greedy.
• Work together.
• Respect your elders. 
• Don't steal.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

Identify possible ways an author presents theme in a literary work.

• Through feelings of the main character
• Through conversations of the characters
• Actions and events in the story
• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

The reason a character thinks, feels, or acts in a specific way is called...

• character determination

• character motivation

• rising action

• details from the text

The theme in a story is called...

• the way you decorate your house for a birthday party.

• the plot elements.

• the message or lesson (the author wants the reader to get).

• The conflict between the characters.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2