Theme
Underlying meaning of the story
Theme
The most important thought about the theme.
Main idea
Implicit meaning of a story
Message
Does the writer have a basic goal as he or she writes?
Yes
Most of what we read is written to ______
entertain
Theme may have a ___________ nature
Dual
Name two important characteristics about the main idea
1. It's general enough to encompass all the ideas in the passage; 2. It's an assertion.
A lesson to be learned from a story
Message
How many ways are there to classify the author's purpose?
3
Name three common themes in literature.
Individual in nature, Human relations, Death, Sacrifice, Revenge, Big Mystery, etc.
Name 5 common themes in texts provided in a manual
Innocence, experience, appearance, free will, fate, madness, sanity, love, hate, society, individual, etc.
What is assertion?
Assertion - is a statement made by the writer, a claim that something is true.
The message can be stated _____________
Directly or indirectly
Name three ways to classify the author's purpose.
To inform, to persuade, to entertain.
The purposeful saying of words throughout a literary piece that usually expresses a motif or a theme important to the story.
Leitmotif
The theme which is not directly stated is a(n) _______
implicit theme
How do subject of the passage and the main idea differ?
The subject of the passage is who or what the passage is about. The main idea is the overall fact, feeling or though the writer wants to convey about his subject.
Can the readers determine the message of the text by themselves?
Yes
What role does the genre play in classifying the author's purpose?
It is the biggest clue to identifying the purpose.
Name main types of themes.
Primary theme, secondary themes, explicit themes, implicit themes.
Name three techniques that may be used to express themes
Motif, leitmotif, thematic patterning
Identify the main idea of the quote.
I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.
Paulo Coelho
The storms may be a metaphor for problems in you life, so you should never give up and try to learn how to cope with everything that may happen with you.
Through what can the message be revealed in the text?
Through a narrator's words or through a character's words or actions
How do we characterize persuasive writing?
It tries to convince the reader to agree with the opinion, author uses facts to build a strong argument, presents a lot of facts.
A moral.