Theme Practice Quiz

A theme should be a statement, not just one word.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

A well written theme statement includes character's names and the author.

• True

• False

What is the main difference between THEME and MAIN IDEA?

• Theme is a universal message that a text develops and main idea is a statement that tells what a text is about.

• Theme is a statement that tells what a text is about and main idea is a universal message that a text develops.

You can get clues about a story's theme by...

• Focusing on what matters to the protagonist

• Focusing on patterns that occur across a text

• Considering how a character, especially a main character, develops over the course of a text

• Looking at only a small piece of a text

• Thinking about the conflict and what ideas are in conflict with each other

Which of the following could be an example of THEME?

• Carry your laptop with two hands at all times.

• Gianna broke her leg because she was not careful about looking both ways while crossing the street.

• Cereal is the healthiest food you can eat.

• Life is short so it's important to make the most of it.

A toad and a lizard learn to get along while on a journey through the wilderness.

_{The sentence above is an example of a...}

• topic

• main idea

• character interpretation

• theme

War destroys human values. This is an example of a

• topic

• main idea

• character interpretation

• theme

In a spell of dry weather, when the Birds could find very little to drink, a thirsty Crow found a pitcher with a little water in it. But the pitcher was high and had a narrow neck, and no matter how he tried, the Crow could not reach the water. The poor thing felt as if he would die of thirst. Then an idea came to him. Picking up some small pebbles, he dropped them into the pitcher one by one. With each pebble the water rose a little higher until at last it was near enough so he could drink.

What thematic concept(s) is this text exploring?

• Thirst

• Frustration

• Success

• Persistence

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

Nature's first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf's a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf,

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day

Nothing gold can stay.

What is a well-stated theme of this poem?

• Person versus nature

• Sunsets and sunrises are beautiful.

• Beauty and joy cannot last forever.

• Everything changes.

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CCSS.RL.8.2

Stories that come from different parts of the world, cultures or time periods can have the same theme.

Read the following passage from a story.

Eriene gazed across the field, noticing how peaceful Creature's Cove seemed now. The only evidence of the battle were the scorched patches of earth dotting the landscape like a sunburn. Eriene clasped the jade pendant that dangled heavily under her robe. Her great-aunt's words echoed in her head. "This necklace has always belonged to the protector of what is good and just in the kingdom. Now, it belongs to you."

Eriene had passed her first test, and the dragon was no longer a threat to the kingdom's way of life. Wisps of smoke drifted up from the land where its poisonous breath had burned it. Soon, new grass would poke through, and memories of the battle would recede into the past. But Eriene knew this was not the end. This dragon lay slain in the Yonderland. But its spirit would return again and again in different forms.

Which of the following is most likely a theme of the story?

• Evil can easily be defeated.

• Good people are difficult to find.

• People often forget the things they don't want to remember.

• Good and evil always exist together in the world.