Flash Fiction

Main Idea & Theme

There will be one question for Main Idea and another question for Theme!

2) Identify the Main Idea & Theme of each story

You will have a flash fiction story to read.

Each story will be very short!

1) Read the Story

Directions

Story 1

He left the village of his birth, crossed the mountains, crossed the seas, saw great cities, learned a few words in a dozen tongues, met the high and the low, and returned after years of wandering to the village of his birth where for the rest of his life he suffered nostalgia for his village as it had been when he left.

Open Ended

What is the Main Idea?

He left the village of his birth, crossed the mountains, crossed the seas, saw great cities, learned a few words in a dozen tongues, met the high and the low, and returned after years of wandering to the village of his birth where for the rest of his life he suffered nostalgia for his village as it had been when he left. 

Open Ended

What is the Theme?

He left the village of his birth, crossed the mountains, crossed the seas, saw great cities, learned a few words in a dozen tongues, met the high and the low, and returned after years of wandering to the village of his birth where for the rest of his life he suffered nostalgia for his village as it had been when he left. 

Story 2

​She spent her days reading books about diseases she did not have until the eyestrain made her blind.

Open Ended

What is the Main Idea?

She spent her days reading books about diseases she did not have until the eyestrain made her blind.

Open Ended

What is the Theme?

She spent her days reading books about diseases she did not have until the eyestrain made her blind. 

Story 3

For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.

Open Ended

What is the Main Idea?

For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.

Open Ended

What is the Theme?

For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.

Story 4

​In the hospital she gradually began to remember the faces and names of friends who came to visit, the colors she liked best, the car she was driving during the accident, and that she had at one time been a man.

Open Ended

What is the Main Idea?

In the hospital she gradually began to remember the faces and names of friends who came to visit, the colors she liked best, the car she was driving during the accident, and that she had at one time been a man.

Open Ended

What is the Theme?

In the hospital she gradually began to remember the faces and names of friends who came to visit, the colors she liked best, the car she was driving during the accident, and that she had at one time been a man.

Story 5

"Life is short," said the grieving father. "Thank God!"

Open Ended

What is the Main Idea?

"Life is short," said the grieving father. "Thank God!" 

Open Ended

What is the Theme?

"Life is short," said the grieving father. "Thank God!"