Unit 1 CSA Review

What is the definition of theme?

• topic/subject + message = theme

• topic of the story

• life lesson, meaning, moral, or meaning about life or human nature communicated by a literary work

• the reason why an authors writes

What is the theme of this story?  

• Eat your vegetables.
• Don't brag. Be modest. 
• Don't talk to strangers. 
• What does the fox say?

What is the theme of this story? 

• Necessity is the mother of invention.
• Don't steal.
• Respect your elders.
• Slow and steady wins the race.

What is the theme of this story? 

• Slow and steady wins the race.
• Don't be lazy. 
• We are stronger together than we are apart.
• If you try to go on your own, you will get eaten by a big fish.

What is the formula for theme?

• message

• topic + author's purpose = theme

• message = theme

• topic/ subject + message = theme

Uses pronouns like I, me, and my

• 1st person 
• 2nd person
• 3rd person objective
• 3rd person limited

The narrator is the ____________.

• person telling the story
• main character in the story
• enemy of the main character
• person listening to the story

I didn't like creeping down the dark alley.  From which point of view is this sentence written?

• first person
• second person
• third person, objective
• third person, omniscient

Which point of view uses the pronoun I?

• third person, limited
• second person
• third person, omniscient
• first person

Point of view _______________.

• tells us the character's names
• tells us who is telling the story
• tells us where to look
• tells us the theme