Theme Review

Theme is: (check all that apply)

• just one word

• universal because it can apply to multiple other texts

• the writer's message about life, communicated through character actions

• a short phrase or statement

• a short summary of what the story is about

What is a theme of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl?

• friendship

• don't hide who you are; be yourself

• true love conquers all

• a girl with acquired savant syndrome is a math genius and has to go to middle school to acquire soft skills

• it is worth changing who you are as long as you have friends

A possible theme of "The Present" is: (check any answers that are true)

• things aren't always what they seem

• a companion makes life more enjoyable

• friendship

• a boy gets a puppy that he can relate with

• dogs are cute and everyone should have one

Theme is established in "The Present" by

• showing the dog and the boy playing happily like friends

• designing the puppy to be cute

• revealing that, like the dog, the boy is missing a limb

• showing the boy going from grumpy to happy as he warms up to the dog

• telling the story of a boy receiving a puppy from his mother