Theme & Symbolism

The reading charts in the Google Classroom have the answers to the majority of my question or could guide my thinking toward the answer.

• Yes

• No

What is theme?

• the message about life that the author expresses

• the time and location of a story- the setting

• sequence of events- beginning, middle, end of a story

• the main events summarized

Which of the following is NOT a synonym for theme?

• message

• moral

• life lesson

• main idea

A strategy to find a possible symbol is to look for...

• an important object that repeats in the story.

• the main character

• the plot

A story can have more than one theme.

• true
• false

How do you justify (support) your theme?

• with text evidence

• summarizing the story

• you can't

• summarizing the plot

If the topic is culture, the theme might be.

• Guero is proud of his culture because he shares two cultures.

• Culture is good.

• Everyone should be proud of their culture.

• Jesus loves tamales de puerco which is part of his culture.

Which of these is not related to theme?

• a life lesson that the character learns

• a lesson learned from a character changing

• how a character is feeling

• the message of the story

Why can't trust be a theme?

• There's nothing to learn from it.

• Trust is a theme

• It's only one word, which is a topic.

What does theme add to a story?

• More information about the plot

• An important message or "advice"

• Motivation for the characters' actions

• Dialogue between the characters