Theme ENL

What is theme?

• The lesson or moral of a story

• the main idea of a story

• an inference made while reading a story

• a summary of the story

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What is an inference?

• A conclusion made based on observations

• An observation

• the moral or lesson of a story

• the main idea

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In "The Rose that Grew from Concrete," what could be a topic from the poem?

• failure

• success

• difference

• hunger

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Based on the topic of the poem "The Rose that Grew from Concrete," what could be a theme of the poem?

• No one knows.

• Flowers need food and water.

• When things aren't easy, everyone fails.

• A person can overcome the impossible and be successful.

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In the poem "Identity" by Noboa, The speaker wants to be a weed and not a flower. Why?

• A weed can grow in a garden.

• A weed can grow anywhere, free of people.

• A weed makes a nice table decoration.

• Weeds grow in pots.

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In the poem "Identity" by Noboa, what could be a theme about the poem?

• Weeds are better than flowers.

• Nobody should want weeds in their garden.

• It can be lonely being different, but it gives you the freedom to be yourself.

• Some weeds are good for cooking.

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Which are some ways you can find theme?

• the time and place of a story tells the theme

• a character in the story might say what the theme is

• follow the main character, or protagonist's journey; see what they learn

• look at big opposing forces, like good and evil

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A theme can be

• one word

• a fact

• a sentence or claim that needs evidence

• a math equation

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Because people have different experiences

• not wear socks.

• they might find different themes in the same story.

• they can be wrong because there can be only one theme!

• they find themes that are all the same.

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I know how to find themes in stories, poems, and other pieces of writing.

• 100% I could find a theme without any help!

• What? Maybe, if you help me a little bit.

• I don't know what you mean by theme. I would put "IDK" if I could by each question.

• Huh?

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