Theme Review

Theme Review

Let's review your notes!

Multiple Choice

Theme is:

• The lesson or message the author is trying to teach us

• What the text is about (main idea)

• A summary

• I don't know.

That's right!

Theme is the message or lesson the author is trying to teach us

Multiple Select

What are the steps for a theme statement? (Check all that apply)

• Identify the abstract concept or big idea

• Include the title, author and genre.

• Give the author's opinion on the abstract concept

• Copy text evidence

• Tell what the story is about.

Yup! A theme statement should

• Identify the title, author and genre

• Identify a big idea

• Give the author's opinion on a big idea.

• Example:

• The movie, Inside Out by Pixar is about sadness and how sadness is important to our emotions.