Comparing Themes Review

Which answer is an example of a recurring theme?

• good vs evil

• a mystery about a stolen necklace

• a soldier returns home from war to find things have changed in his town

• new technology has given main character means to travel to other planets

Recurring themes can be found in:

• movies

• books

• short stories

• all of the above

The first step when you compare stories with similar themes is to:

• identify the theme they have in common

• back up your opinion with reasons

• find evidence from the text to back up your claim

• elaborate your opinions using text examples

After you identify a common theme in two different stories you should:

• share your reasons why these two stories have a similar theme

• write about the settings of the two different stories

• write about the characters you read about

• talk about a movie that also shares the same theme

The best way to reinforce your reasons in an answer is to:

• use emotion to persuade

• use sensory language to dazzle your reader

• support your reasons with details from the text

• use a metaphor to drive the point home

Having a collaborative discussion means:

• writing your ideas in a journal that you share with your teacher

• listening to your teacher share her ideas about a text

• reflecting on a story you have read

• putting everyone's ideas together adding one idea on top of another

How do you review the main points of a discussion?

• you try to find the key points in your discussion made by the group

• try to remember what everyone said

• try to recall the best points that you made

• you write down everything that is discussed

Expressions that are commonly used to express an emotion:

• figurative language

• idioms

• metaphors

• similes

Expressions that seem to say one thing but actually mean something else are called:

• clichés

• idioms

• metaphors

• similes

Which group of words is an example of an idiom?

• the first day of school

• run fast

• wipe your face

• when pigs fly