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Theme Vs. Main Idea

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Compassion and forgiveness can mend a broken relationship.

a)

Theme

b)

Main Idea

2.

Mikey and his friends find a treasure map, and go on an adventure to find the treasure and save their town.

a)

Theme

b)

Main Idea

3.

An archeology professor has dangerous adventures in the pursuit of ancient treasures.

a)

Theme

b)

Main Idea

4.

When we hold on to hope, it pushes us on to keep fighting for what we believe.

a)

Theme

b)

Main Idea

5.

To achieve something sometimes takes patience, wit and determination.

a)

Theme

b)

Main Idea

6.

Even when you think you don’t, you have what you need to be self-sufficient. You just have to find it.

a)

Theme

b)

Main Idea

7.

A professor has found the monster he’s been hunting for a very long time. He and others destroy the monster to save a young lady.

a)

Theme

b)

Main Idea

8.

Jo and Bill are scientists who have made a device to test tornados, and so on a stormy day, they try to find out if their device works.

a)

Theme

b)

Main Idea

9.

A girl is taken from her home and meets friends on her journey to the man who can help her get back home.

a)

Theme

b)

Main Idea

10.

Greed and the choices we make have the power to destroy others.

a)

Theme

b)

Main Idea

11.

What the story is mostly about

a)

main idea

b)

Theme

12.

The message, lesson, or moral of a story.

a)

Main Idea

b)

Theme

13.

TRUE OR FALSE


A text can have more than one theme.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What is one major difference between theme and main idea?

a)

Theme is a universal lesson about life and main idea is what a story is about

b)

Theme is what a story is about and main idea is the universal lesson about life that the story teaches