Theme Pretest

In a piece of narrative text, what is the "theme"?

• What the story is about
• The topic of the text
• A message the author is trying to get across to the reader
• Where and when the story happens

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CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

What is a question you can ask yourself when identifying theme?

• Who is the main character?

• How did the character grow or change?

• What is the setting?

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CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

What is a question you can ask yourself when identifying theme?

• What message is the author trying to send?

• What are the main character's traits?

• What is the climax?

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

The author tells you exactly what the theme is.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

Which of these would be a good example of theme in a story?

• math is difficult
• if you steal money, something bad will happen to you

• Dogs make people happy

• Respect others and they will respect you.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

One way to figure out the theme is to ____.

• Skim through the story.

• Read the beginning of the story.

• Think about what the character has learned.

• Read the ending of the story.

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CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

Which of the following statements about theme is TRUE?

• Authors NEVER use the same theme twice

• Themes only repeat in short stories

• All poems have the same theme

• The same themes can occur in different stories/different authors

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

A novel can have more than one theme.

• TRUE
• FALSE

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

A theme should be a statement, not just one word. 

• TRUE
• FALSE

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which of the following is NOT an example of a theme?

• Treat others the way you want to be treated.

• The little boy lied to his mother.

• With hard work, you can accomplish anything.

• You shouldn't judge a book by its cover.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9