Theme FD Chapter 6

The message or lesson that the author wants you to learn from the story is...

• thesis

• theme

• summary

• plot

Which of the following is an example of theme?

• Snow White was thoughtful and kind.

• Juan risked his life to save his brother's.

• Happiness

• Don't judge people by outward appearances.

Which is an example of a theme?

• Inequality

• Hope

• Justice

• Your past does not define you.

To infer means...

• to guess what the story is about

• to summarize the story

• to find the main idea of the story

• to use what you know and what the story tells you to come up with a conclusion

True or False: The theme is the main idea of the story.

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT the same as theme?

• The central message of the story

• The lesson of the story

• The topic of the story

• The moral of the story

Which of the following could be a theme?

• It is better to take responsibility for your actions, than to lose your friends.

• Trust

• When Nemo works hard, he can achieve anything.

• New York is the best place to go on vacation.

Douglass was “making friends of all the little white boys” (paragraph 1) most likely because __________.

• he did not want to be seen with any fellow slaves

• he knew that they could read and he could not

• he did not know what to do with his extra bread

• he hoped that one of them could convince his owner to free him

Douglass does not reveal the names of the boys who taught him to read most likely because ___________.

• he wishes that he never learned to read and would like to put it behind him

• he had long forgotten who they were

• he is still angry at them for having their freedom

• it was illegal teach slaves to read and he does not want them to get in trouble

Which is most closely a central idea of this excerpt?

• No one felt sorry for the plight of slaves except for slaves themselves.

• Reading cannot change how you feel about things.

• The process of self-discovery can be a painful one.

• Children should not be learning about adult subjects.