Comparing Themes

Comparing Themes

4.RL.4.2 Compare Themes

Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics and patterns of events in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures.

Vocabulary

• compare- to tell how two things are alike

• contrast- to tell how two things are different

• myth- a type of literature that includes supernatural heroes and historical events

• legend- a story that might not be true but is handed down from generations and accepted as historical

• theme- the moral or lesson of a story

• traditional literature- stories passed down through many generations by word of mouth (Fairy Tales are examples.)

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stories passed down through many generations by word of mouth Fairy Tales are examples

• traditional literature

• theme

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paraphrase

• to reword in a shorter form something that was written

• myth

• conflict

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main idea

• moral or lesson of a story

• what a piece of writing is mainly talking about

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evidence

• main idea

• information that supports a claim

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the moral or lesson of a story

• main idea

• theme

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a story that might not be true but is handed down from generations and accepted as historical

• myth

• legend

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a type of literature that describes the adventures of beings with more than human powers that attempts to explain mysterious events

• myth

• legend

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to tell how things are different

• compare

• contrast

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to tell how things are alike

• compare

• contrast