Theme Review Lesson/Practice

The Message in a novel can be applied to other books. Book the books below have the same theme: Be true to who you are.

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​THEMES are UNIVERSAL!

​1-2 words

​a statement

Multiple Choice

In a piece of narrative text, what is the "theme"?

• What the story is about

• The topic of the text

• A message the author is trying to get across to the reader

• Where and when the story happens

Multiple Choice

Choose the BEST answer: A story's theme might be difficult to figure out because...

• Authors rarely want the reader to figure it out.

• Only complicated, adult stories have themes.

• It has little to do with plot, characters, and other story elements.

• It is rarely stated

Multiple Choice

Themes are universal because...

• different books can same similar messages

• the entire universe enjoys them

• authors add them to make the writing more interesting

• the stories go on forever

Multiple Choice

Unlike the topic of literature, a theme ...

• can be expressed in one word

• cannot be just one word

• is always stated directly in the text

• always shows the setting

Multiple Choice

One way you could figure out the theme is to...

• Skim through the story

• Just read the beginning of the story

• Think about what the character has learned

• Read the ending of the story

Multiple Choice

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

• Friendship

• Friendships can teach you important life long lessons.

• Sonja and Mariel were no longer friends due to a big misunderstanding.

• First Jean forgot to study, then he asked to cheat off his friend's test, the teacher caught them, and Jean received a zero.

Multiple Choice

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

• "Fear, you don't own me!”

• Some people are scared of heights.

• Self-esteem is something that is lacking in a lot of preteens.

• You should find your own self worth instead of relying on other people's opinions.

Multiple Choice

You can often infer the theme of a piece of literature by ...

• evaluating how events in the book have changed a character

• determining how the conflict has resolved

• sharing a character's experience

• ALL of the above

Multiple Choice

love and friendship

This is most likely an example of a:

• main idea

• summary

• theme

• topic

Multiple Choice

Your past does not determine the person you can become in the future.

This sentence is most likely an example of:

• main idea

• summary

• theme

• topic

Multiple Choice

A theme can be one word that describes an important part of the story

• False

• True

• Only if the word is spelled right

• Only if the word describes the main character