Theme vs. Main Idea

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What is a theme?

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A lesson, moral, or message in the story

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What is the main idea?

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what the story is mostly about

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

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Fear is more dangerous than any beast.

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

• a 35-year old woman named Essie and her brother
• a small apartment in Huston, Texas
• Telling the truth is better than lying
• Essie lied to her brother, but she finally decided to tell him the truth about their father.

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Telling the truth is better than lying

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Theme in the story? Options: Your past does not refine 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 refine you.

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A toad and lizard learn to get along while on a journey through the wilderness. This is an example of what? Options: setting, character, main idea, theme

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main idea

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Read the following sentence: Friendship helps people get through hard times. This is an example of what? Options: metaphor, main idea, character, theme

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theme

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A woman risks her life to spy for the Union during the Civil War. This is an example of what? Options: simile, main idea, theme, personification

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main idea