Theme
The definition of theme.
What is the life lesson of a story or the author’s message?
The definition of tone.
What is the attitude with which the speaker or narrator treats his or her subject?
This figure of speech makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
Definition of Conflict.
What is a problem that the main character or characters face?
Who are Ponyboys brothers?
Theme is not a word but a __________.
What is a sentence?
Tone is not _________.
What it is often confused with.
What is mood?
This poetic device is the repetition of the initial consonant sound in words.
"Peter piper picked..."
The central character faces opposition from another person or group of people.
What is person vs person? (OR Character vs Character)
Who is Dally?
Themes are about the _________.
Not superficial.
ex: Theme is not "The yellow starburst taste bad"
What is the "real word" or "big picture"?
These types of words (or parts of speech) are best used to describe tone.
What is an adjective?
This poetic device is when the writer or speaker knowingly repeats a word or group of words for effect.
What is repetition?
Type of Conflict: A student takes his fight again the school dress code all the way to the Supreme Court.
What is Person vs Society?
What is Texas?
Themes are not explicit, they are ______.
The author does not explicitly tell the reader the theme of the story.
Determine the Tone:
Piping down the valleys wild,
Piping songs of pleasant glee,
On a cloud I saw a child,
And he laughing said to me:
‘Pipe a song about a Lamb!’
So I piped with merry cheer.
‘Piper, pipe that song again.’
So I piped: he wept to hear
What is pleasant, or happy?
(Cheerful, jolly)
This poetic device is when the end or final sound of two or more words are identical.
What is rhyme?
The central character is challenged by forces that are not of this world.
What is person vs supernatural?
How Johnny and Ponyboy think the fire in the church started.
What is dropping a lit cigarette?
True or False: A well-written theme statement includes the character's names and the author.
What is false?
Determine the Tone:
Dearest, forgive that with my clumsy touch
I broke and bruised your rose.
I hardly could suppose
It were a thing so fragile that my clutch
Could kill it, thus.
What is apologetic or regretful?
This poetic device is when the arrangement of words creates an audible pattern or beat when read out loud.
What is rhythm?
Type of Conflict: A castaway washes up on an island and must learn to survive with the available resources.
What is person vs nature?
The color of the mustang that the socs drive.
What is blue?