Theme Vocabulary

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Theme

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Message or lesson of a story, a unifying idea.

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Infer

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To make an informed guess.

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Explicit

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Something that is clearly stated and easy to understand.

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Universal Idea

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A thought or idea that is relatable to almost everyone.

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Moral

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A message or lesson about how people should or should not behave that can be found in a story, poem, event or experience.

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Implicit

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Not directly stated, suggested or implied.

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Symbol

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An object, a person, a situation, or an action that has a literal meaning in a story but suggests or represents other meanings.

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Draw Conclusion

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The process of using clues from a text to form a judgment or idea that is not explicitly stated.