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The document discusses how to identify the theme of a story. It explains that a theme is a general statement or lesson about life that is conveyed through the story. It provides examples of stories like Shrek, Beauty and the Beast, and To Kill a Mockingbird that share the common theme "Things aren't always what they seem." The document also notes that themes are applicable to multiple stories, supported by story elements, and often express common phrases. It advises thinking about the lessons characters learn and ensuring the theme is broadly generalizable rather than specific to a single story.
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The document discusses what a theme is in stories. A theme makes a general statement about life or human behavior that is illustrated through the story. It can be thought of as the moral or lesson of the story. Themes tend to be applicable to multiple stories. The document provides examples of stories like Shrek, Beauty and the Beast, and To Kill a Mockingbird that share the common theme "Things aren't always what they seem" because in each story, characters are initially judged based on outward appearances rather than who they truly are. Themes should be general statements, supported by the story, and often express common phrases about life. When identifying themes, it's important to consider the lessons characters learn and ensure the theme
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- 1. Monday’s Morsel A Bite-Sized Bit of EOC Prep
- 2. Theme A theme of a story is the general statement it is making about life or people’s behavior. Sometimes you can think of it like the moral of the story, or the lesson it’s trying to teach. A theme is general, and you can find lots of stories with the same theme.
- 3. Examples Can you think of the theme of these stories? Hint: They all have the same theme… Shrek Beauty and The Beast To Kill a Mockingbird
- 4. Things aren’t always what they seem. For each of those books/movies you can say that the theme is “Things aren’t always what they seem.” This is because in each of those stories you have a situation where people are judged based on their outsides, when who they really are is much different.
- 5. Themes are: • General statements or “truths” about life • Applicable to many stories • Supported by the story (you need to be able to say why a theme is what it is) • Often it’s a cliché (in other words, a commonly used phrase…like “don’t judge a book by its cover” or “two wrongs don’t make a right”)
- 6. How to Answer These Questions Correctly 1. Think about the lessons the characters learn in the course of the story. 2. Make sure the theme isn’t specific to just this story, is it general enough that other stories could have the same theme. 3. Don’t get theme and topic confused. The topic of Shrek is “ogres”…this is not a statement or observation about life.