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What is the main difference between THEME and MAIN IDEA. 

• Theme is a universal lesson, and main idea is what a story is about.
• Theme is what a story is about, and main idea is the universal lesson it teaches.
  

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The theme is a lesson learned; the moral of the story.

• True
• False

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What is the MAIN message of the play?

• Mountains are very dangerous.
• Worms are better climbers than lions.
• Bear cubs should always obey their parents.
• Even small creatures can have great courage.

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Read the following sentence. 
A woman risks her life to spy for the Union during the Civil War. 
The sentence above is an example of a 

• plot
• character
• main idea
• theme

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As the buzzer rang at the end of the basketball game, the team looked at the scoreboard.  They had won the game by two points!  They knew that working together as a team had been the reason they had won the game!
What story element is being described in the passage?

• setting
• theme
• character
• solution

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A long time ago there was a king who wanted nothing but gold. He wished everything he touched turned into gold. A fairy made his wish come true. Then anything he tried to eat turned into gold, so he starved to death. 

• Do not be greedy
• United we stand, divided we fall
• Don't steal 
• Respect your elders

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A long time ago there was a king who wanted nothing but gold. He wished everything he touched turned into gold. A fairy made his wish come true. Then anything he tried to eat turned into gold, so he starved to death. 

• Do not be greedy
• United we stand, divided we fall
• Don't steal 
• Respect your elders

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There were once some hardworking ants and a grasshopper who hated to work. The ants gathered food all spring while the grasshopper played. When winter came, the ants had enough food, but the grasshopper had nothing to eat. Since the ants had no extra food to give, the grasshopper starved. 

• Don't be lazy
• Slow and steady wins the race
• Don't steal
• Look before you leap

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A lion was about to eat a mouse, but he pleaded with the lion to let me go. He promised that one day he would help the lion in return. Soon, hunters caught the lion in a trap. The mouse came and chewed through the ropes to set the lion free. What is the theme of this fable?

• Necessity is the mother of invention
• Don't steal
• All play and no work is never good
• Always treat others kindly, because you never know when you'll need their help

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What is the theme of this story?

• Slowly but surely 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.

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