Theme

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Theme:

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Message about life expressed by the author.

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Theme: a universal message about life

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a universal (big world) message about life

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Main idea of a story

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A general description of what the story is mostly about.

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Key elements of a story's structure: beginning, middle, end.

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summary

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Theme adds an important message or advice to a story.

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An important message or 'advice'

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Message or lesson from a story:

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theme

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NOT a synonym for theme: message, moral, life lesson, main idea

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main idea

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A story can have multiple themes.

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True

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Justification of theme

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text evidence

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Not related to theme:

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how a character is feeling