Theme

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What is the theme of a story?

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message about life that the author expresses

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What is a main idea or topic?

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A description of what the story is mostly about.

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Which of the following could be a theme of a story?

• Fear is more dangerous than any beast.
• A brave young girl pretends to be a man and takes her father's place in the army.
• A fear of heights.
• "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too."

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Fear is more dangerous than any beast.

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Which of the following could be a theme of a story?

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Telling the truth may cause you pain, but in the end, it's better than lying.

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Which of the following could be a theme of a story?

• Your past does not define you.
• Returning home after a long time.
• A man sees a group of people he used to work with a long time ago.
• An old man who used to be a farmer.

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Your past does not define you.

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A toad and a lizard learn to get along while on a journey through the wilderness. The sentence is an example of a: plot, character, main idea, theme.

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main idea

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Friendship helps people get through hard times. The sentence is an example of a: plot, character, main idea, theme.

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theme

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A woman risks her life to spy for the Union during the Civil War. The sentence is an example of a: plot, character, main idea, theme.

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main idea

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What is a theme?

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a universal truth about life and people

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The theme of a piece of literature is the same as its ...

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message