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Theme

Authored by Rachel Edinger

English

3rd - 4th Grade

6 Questions

CCSS covered

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The theme of a story is its

main character
universal message
basic plot
most memorable sentence or phrase

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

You can always tell what the theme of a story is by 

reading carefully to find where the author directly states it
putting the main ideas together in a single sentence
researching where and when the author lived
examining the characters and plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.3.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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

overcoming fear
a brave young girl pretends to be a man and takes her father's place in the army.
some people are afraid of heights
"I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too."

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.3.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What is the difference between the theme and the main idea of a story?

A story only has one main idea but always has more than one theme
The author will tell you the theme somewhere in the text.  You have to use clues to figure out the main idea.
The main idea is what the story is mostly about.  The theme is the universal message you take away from the story.
There is no difference.  Theme and main idea are the same.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.3.9

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following is a true statement?

No two stories can have the same theme.
Every story has a main idea, but not every story has a theme.
Stories from different cultures will never have the same theme.
Stories written in different cultures and times can have the same theme.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.3.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A story that teaches a lesson called a moral

Fantasy

Folktale

Poetry

Fable

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

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