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Main Idea Vs Theme

Authored by Sarah Matthews

English

3rd - 6th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 320+ times

Main Idea Vs Theme
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What the story is mostly about

main idea

Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The message, lesson, or moral of a story.

Main Idea

Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

When Julia fell off the monkey bars and broke her arm, she was terrified to go to the emergency room.

Theme
Main Idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Never give up on something that is important to you.

Theme
Main Idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

John and Matt want to be firemen.  They want to ride on the big fire truck.  John wants to climb ladders and rescue people from fires.  Matt wants to hold the big hose and spray water on the fires to put them out.
What is the main idea?

John wants to climb a ladder.
John and Matt want to be firemen
Matt wants to hold a fire hose.
They want to ride on the big fire truck.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is the difference between THEME and MAIN IDEA?

Theme is a universal lesson and the main idea is what the story is about.
The theme is what the story is about and main idea is the universal lesson it teaches.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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

a 35-year-old woman named Essie and her brother

a small apartment in Marfa, Texas

Telling the truth may cause pain, but in the end, it's better than lying.

Essie lied to her brother about her identity for two years, but she finally decided to tell him the truth.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

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