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What is theme?

What is a synonym?

What is an antonym?

The best definition of theme is...

• The lesson the author is teaching. 
• The message the author is sending.
• A word that summarizes the story.
• The character's main problem.

What is the central idea?

• What the author wants you to learn

• What the story is mostly about

• Where there story takes place

• who the story is about

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• She is a shining star.

• The alarm clock screamed this morning.

• He ran as fast as lightning.

Answer explanation

The metaphor in the given choices is 'She is a shining star.' as it compares a person to a star without using 'like' or 'as'.

Identify the literary device used in the following sentence: "The snow is a white blanket."

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Answer explanation

The literary device used in the sentence 'The snow is a white blanket' is a metaphor, as it directly compares snow to a white blanket.