Theme review

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Theme

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Ideas about life the author is trying to express

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What is a fable?

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Fables are short stories, usually about talking animals, that teach a lesson about life.

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Which statement is most correct about central ideas and themes?

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Central ideas and themes are the same thing--the big points that are being made about life

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What is a common characteristic of literature regarding themes?

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Every piece of literature often has more than one theme

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What is the theme of the following text?

“It is far better to endure patiently a smart which nobody feels but yourself, than to commit a hasty action whose evil consequences will extend to all connected with you; and besides, the Bible bids us return good for evil.” (Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte)
Options: Karma will get you back, Evil is everywhere, Materialism is a destructive quality, Overcome evil with goodness.

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Overcome evil with goodness.

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What is the theme of the following text?

“Stuff your eyes with wonder, he said, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.” (Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury)
Options: Travel is a worthy pursuit, Live every day to the fullest, The quest for power is a wasted desire, Youth and beauty are fleeting.

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Live every day to the fullest.

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What is the theme of the following text?

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go.” (Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss)

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You are in charge of your own destiny.

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What is the theme of the following text?

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair…” (A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens)

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Life is full of paradoxes.

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What is the theme of the following passage?

“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.…” (The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe)

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Fear is an unsettling but powerful emotion.

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What is the theme of the following text?

“Not far away from here lies a poor woman with a little newborn baby. Six children are huddled into one bed to keep from freezing, for they have no fire. There is nothing to eat over there, and the oldest boy came to tell me they were suffering hunger and cold. My girls, will you give them your breakfast as a Christmas present?” (Little Women by Louisa May Alcott)

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