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Theme
Utopia/Dystopia
Interesting question
• An open-ended question that smart people can
legitimately disagree about.
NOT: What does Billy Ray Cyrus think of Miley’s new
twerking routine?
INSTEAD: Should parents accept twerking an acceptable
form of teenage rebellion?
Or
Is teenage rebellion natural?
or
Is it racist for young rich white women to twerk badly?
Interesting question
• An open-ended question that smart people
can legitimately disagree about.
An interesting question
• It’s not a yes or no question.
• It’s not a question of fact.
• There can be multiple interesting answers to
the question
Why do writers make up narratives
and stories?
Theme
• An author’s answer to an interesting question
• Smart people can have different opinions
about it
• Other authors can write new stories about it
Some questions that might be raised by a text:
• What is human nature?
• Are people mostly good, or mostly evil?
• What’s more important in life—love or money?
• What is the cause of injustice in society?

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Theme interesting question

  • 2. Interesting question • An open-ended question that smart people can legitimately disagree about. NOT: What does Billy Ray Cyrus think of Miley’s new twerking routine? INSTEAD: Should parents accept twerking an acceptable form of teenage rebellion? Or Is teenage rebellion natural? or Is it racist for young rich white women to twerk badly?
  • 3. Interesting question • An open-ended question that smart people can legitimately disagree about.
  • 4. An interesting question • It’s not a yes or no question. • It’s not a question of fact. • There can be multiple interesting answers to the question
  • 5. Why do writers make up narratives and stories?
  • 6. Theme • An author’s answer to an interesting question • Smart people can have different opinions about it • Other authors can write new stories about it
  • 7. Some questions that might be raised by a text: • What is human nature? • Are people mostly good, or mostly evil? • What’s more important in life—love or money? • What is the cause of injustice in society?