Developing Theme

Authors use ____ to develop their themes.

• nothing

• plot events

• setting

• sensory details

Themes can be found in books by looking at...

• the last sentence of the story

• how the dialogue sounds

• how characters change over time

Sometimes we can learn a lesson from how the character DOES NOT change.

• true

• false

The life lesson that a story teaches the reader is the...

• plot

• test

• setting

• theme

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Synonyms for Theme

,

(b) Story Elements

,

(c) phrases

• message

• moral

• participial

• lesson

• prepositional

• plot

• characters

• setting

To support a theme, readers must use

• pictures from the internet as support

• examples from other stories as text evidence

• examples from the story as text evidence

• supporting details to develop the main idea

Readers can notice themes by looking at...

• how alliteration adds humor to the text

• how characters treat other characters

• how sensory details develop the setting

• how setting impacts the plot events

Alliteration might help us locate a theme because...

• it has repeated consonant sounds and so do themes

• it draws our attention to something important

• it adds humor to the scene

• it creates a rhythm

An author can develop a theme through...

• the speaker tags that use "said" instead of another verb

• the details he shares about setting

• the lessons the characters in the story learn

• alliteration

By noticing the choices characters make, a reader can...

• locate sensory details

• predict the next book's plot

• understand synonyms better

• understand the story's theme