Identifying Theme

Theme is the __________________ idea

• obvious

• withering

• unifying

• meaning

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Theme- a search for ______________

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Theme is what the author is trying to __________ the reader.

• message

• idea

• teach

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Theme is ... the author is trying to express to the reader.

• the plot

• the conflict

• ideas about life

• primary

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Theme could be a __________ or ____________ the reader can take away from a work of literature.

• burger and fries

• setting and conflict

• message or lesson

• chart or graph

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Theme typically is ____________ by the reader. The author doesn't come right out and tell you.

• generated

• structured

• inferred

• believed

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Step one in identifying theme is

• ranking theme in order of hierarchy

• think about the challenges the main character is facing

• read through to the end of the text

• Both plot and theme develop over the course of the novel

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Step 2 in identifying theme is

• pay attention to the plot

• ranking the theme in order of hierarchy

• Ask yourself, "What is the main character struggling with?"

• Ask yourself, "What does the author want me to believe?"

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Step 3 in how to identify theme

• Ask yourself, "What does the author want me to believe?"

• Pay attention to how the main character reacts to and solves the problem

• Finish the book to read where the author told you the theme

• the topic is the theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Pay attention to the __________

• secondary characters

• the title

• the plot

• the descriptive details

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10