A thematic concept is

Which of the following is not a thematic concept?

Which of the following is not a thematic concept?

A thematic statement is

Which of the following is not a thematic statement?

Which of the following is not a thematic statement?

"Dream On" (By Aerosmith)

“Every time that I look in the mirror

All these lines on my face getting clearer

The past is gone

It went by, like dusk to dawn

Isn’t that the way

Everybody’s got their dues in life to pay”

Which of the following is a thematic concept addressed in the above song lyrics?

Simple Man (By Lynyrd Skynyrd)

“Mama told me when I was young

Come sit beside me, my only son

And listen closely to what I say

And if you do this it’ll help you some sunny day

Oh, take your time don’t live too fast

Troubles will come and they will pass

Go find a woman you’ll find love

And don’t forget son there is someone up above”

Which of the following is a thematic concept addressed in the above song lyrics?

Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (By Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door)

“Baby stay right here with me

‘Cause I can’t see you anymore

This ain’t the way it’s supposed to be

I feel I’m knocking on heaven’s door”

Which of the following thematic concepts is addressed in the song lyrics above?

I’m Just a Girl (By No Doubt)

” ‘Cause I’m just a girl, a little ‘ol me

Well don’t let me out of your sight

Oh I’m just a girl, all pretty and petite

So don’t let me have any rights”

Which of the following thematic concepts is addressed in the song lyrics above?

Anytime You Need a Friend (By Mariah Carey)

“Anytime you need a friend

I will be here

You’ll never be alone again

So don’t you fear

Even if you’re miles away

I’m by your side”

Which of the following thematic concepts is addressed in the song lyrics above?

Rolling in the Deep (By Adele)

“The scars of your love remind me of us

They keep me thinking that we almost had it all

The scars of your love, they leave me breathless

I can’t help feeling

We could have had it all”

Which of the following thematic concepts is addressed in the song lyrics above?

“Eek! That’s bad luck!” Jenna said when Erica walked under the ladder that leaned up against the card-store wall. “Quick! We’ve got to find some salt to shake over your right shoulder.”

Erica was used to her friend’s superstitions. Jenna had many of the usual ones, like not stepping on cracks. She also had a slew of superstitious beliefs that were unique. She wouldn’t wear the same-color shirt two days in a row. She believed that you couldn’t experience each day as a new day if you wore yesterday’s color. Erica overlooked Jenna’s quirks, though she kidded her about them sometimes. What she liked about Jenna was that she was thoughtful and that she liked to help. She volunteered as a tutor after school and, on Saturdays, she worked at an animal shelter.

After getting the salt to toss over her shoulder, Jenna and Erica began the walk from the mall back to Jenna’s house. Their route took them through the park, where a soccer game was going on. That meant that they had to take a longer route, around the field and past the “ghost” tree. The ghost tree was just a maple tree whose limbs grew in a pattern that looked like arms reaching to the sky. When its leaves fell off, the ends of the branches pointed like sharpened fingers in all directions. It had been called the ghost tree as long as anyone in town could remember. On Halloween, some kids would put streamers in the tree to make it look especially spooky. Jenna usually stayed away from the tree. It gave her the creeps.

Jenna quickened her pace. That’s when they heard a small cry.

“It’s coming from the tree,” Erica said. While Erica went to the base of the tree, Jenna held back. “It’s a kitten,” Erica called to her friend. “I can’t reach it.”

Jenna stepped closer and saw the animal on a low branch. It seemed scared. “If you cup your hands, I can climb up and get it,” she said.

Erica was surprised to see Jenna reach for the black cat.

One theme of the story is that

If you were coming in the fall,

I'd brush the summer by

With half a smile and half a spurn,

As housewives do a fly.

If I could see you in a year,

I'd wind the months in balls,

And put them each in separate drawers,

Until their time befalls.

If only centuries delayed,

I'd count them on my hand,

Subtracting till my fingers dropped

Into Van Diemen's land.

If certain, when this life was out,

That yours and mine should be,

I'd toss it yonder like a rind,

And taste eternity.

But now, all ignorant of the length

Of time's uncertain wing,

It goads me, like the goblin bee,

That will not state its sting.

What is a thematic concept addressed in the poem?

Read the poem and then answer the question below:

“Still I Rise”

BY MAYA ANGELOU

You may write me down in history

With your bitter, twisted lies,

You may trod me in the very dirt

But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?

Why are you beset with gloom?

’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells

Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,

With the certainty of tides,

Just like hopes springing high,

Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?

Bowed head and lowered eyes?

Shoulders falling down like teardrops,

Weakened by my soulful cries?

Does my haughtiness offend you?

Don't you take it awful hard

’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines

Diggin’ in my own backyard.

You may shoot me with your words,

You may cut me with your eyes,

You may kill me with your hatefulness,

But still, like air, I’ll rise.

Out of the huts of history’s shame

I rise

Up from a past that’s rooted in pain

I rise

I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,

Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear

I rise

Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear

I rise

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,

I am the dream and the hope of the slave.

I rise

I rise

I rise.

Which of the following is a thematic concept addressed in "Still I Rise"?

Read the poem and answer the question below.

Nothing Gold Can Stay

BY ROBERT FROST

Nature’s first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf’s a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.

Which of the following thematic concepts is NOT addressed in the poem above?

Read the poem and answer the question below.

Nothing Gold Can Stay

BY ROBERT FROST

Nature’s first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf’s a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.

Which of the following is the best thematic statement about the poem?

Once there was a shepherd boy who spent his days on the hills watching the sheep. The boy got bored and lonely on the hill all day with only the sheep for company. I know, he thought to himself. I will call out, “Wolf!” and then the others will come running to help me, and I will not be alone. So the boy called out, as loud as he could, “Wolf! Wolf!” All the boys and men from his village came running. “Where is the wolf?” they asked. “It ran off,” the boy said. But one of the other boys stayed with him all the same, and he had company for the rest of the day. A few days later, the boy was feeling bored and lonely again. I would really like some company, he thought to himself. So once again he called out, “Wolf! Wolf!” and all the boys and men from his village came running. Again he told them that the wolf had been frightened away by the sound of them coming. This time there was grumbling among the men, who didn’t believe him. They were getting angry at having to drop their work and come running for no reason because of this foolish boy. Still, as a precaution, they allowed one of the other boys to remain with him until it was time to bring the sheep back in the evening. A few days later, the boy was once again on the hill, tending his sheep, when he saw a real wolf skulking about the edges of his flock. The wolf was huge, and he had sharp, white teeth and bright, yellow eyes. The boy was very frightened. “Wolf! Wolf!” he cried out. “Wolf!” But this time, no one came. The men in the village, who had become wise to the boy’s trick, only laughed. “There is no wolf,” they said to themselves. Meanwhile, the wolf ate all of the boy’s sheep.

What is a thematic concept addressed in the story?

Once there was a shepherd boy who spent his days on the hills watching the sheep. The boy got bored and lonely on the hill all day with only the sheep for company. I know, he thought to himself. I will call out, “Wolf!” and then the others will come running to help me, and I will not be alone. So the boy called out, as loud as he could, “Wolf! Wolf!” All the boys and men from his village came running. “Where is the wolf?” they asked. “It ran off,” the boy said. But one of the other boys stayed with him all the same, and he had company for the rest of the day. A few days later, the boy was feeling bored and lonely again. I would really like some company, he thought to himself. So once again he called out, “Wolf! Wolf!” and all the boys and men from his village came running. Again he told them that the wolf had been frightened away by the sound of them coming. This time there was grumbling among the men, who didn’t believe him. They were getting angry at having to drop their work and come running for no reason because of this foolish boy. Still, as a precaution, they allowed one of the other boys to remain with him until it was time to bring the sheep back in the evening. A few days later, the boy was once again on the hill, tending his sheep, when he saw a real wolf skulking about the edges of his flock. The wolf was huge, and he had sharp, white teeth and bright, yellow eyes. The boy was very frightened. “Wolf! Wolf!” he cried out. “Wolf!” But this time, no one came. The men in the village, who had become wise to the boy’s trick, only laughed. “There is no wolf,” they said to themselves. Meanwhile, the wolf ate all of the boy’s sheep.

What is a thematic concept that could be written about the story?

Once there was a shepherd boy who spent his days on the hills watching the sheep. The boy got bored and lonely on the hill all day with only the sheep for company. I know, he thought to himself. I will call out, “Wolf!” and then the others will come running to help me, and I will not be alone. So the boy called out, as loud as he could, “Wolf! Wolf!” All the boys and men from his village came running. “Where is the wolf?” they asked. “It ran off,” the boy said. But one of the other boys stayed with him all the same, and he had company for the rest of the day. A few days later, the boy was feeling bored and lonely again. I would really like some company, he thought to himself. So once again he called out, “Wolf! Wolf!” and all the boys and men from his village came running. Again he told them that the wolf had been frightened away by the sound of them coming. This time there was grumbling among the men, who didn’t believe him. They were getting angry at having to drop their work and come running for no reason because of this foolish boy. Still, as a precaution, they allowed one of the other boys to remain with him until it was time to bring the sheep back in the evening. A few days later, the boy was once again on the hill, tending his sheep, when he saw a real wolf skulking about the edges of his flock. The wolf was huge, and he had sharp, white teeth and bright, yellow eyes. The boy was very frightened. “Wolf! Wolf!” he cried out. “Wolf!” But this time, no one came. The men in the village, who had become wise to the boy’s trick, only laughed. “There is no wolf,” they said to themselves. Meanwhile, the wolf ate all of the boy’s sheep.

What is the main idea of the story?