Theme

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Theme is the message.

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the message

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A theme should be...

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one strong sentence

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NOT a common theme in literature: Love is all you need; It's hard to be yourself; Even when things are tough, keep trying.

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Humans will outsmart aliens.

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Criteria of a theme: Subjective, One strong sentence, Universal, Applicable to real life and other texts

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Subjective

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Determining theme by observing character growth is called _____________.

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Characterization

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NOT a theme: Love

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Love

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Themes are found in: Books, Short stories, Poems. EXCEPT:

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Informational articles

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Strategies to determine theme:

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Use the topic and ask: what does the text teach me about the topic?

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Texts can have multiple themes.

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True