Before being able to infer theme from a piece of literature, you must first do this.
What is read the text?
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Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are all considered to be these in the English language.
What are parts of speech?
100
It's about more than just place and time when it comes to setting. These two larger categories hold place and time within them.
What is location and period?
100
It's the acronym for short constructed responses, not a challenge or competition.
What is R.A.C.E.?
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This acronym isn't asking you to commit a crime, but rather to characterize individuals presented in a piece of literature.
What is S.T.E.A.L.?
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When inferring theme, there are one-word themes like "family," "love," and "happiness. But themes that are full thoughts/sentences are considered to be these.
What are complex themes?
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Placed before verbs, this word can give away the action word. In fact, without this word, a verb cannot be an infinitive.
What is "to"?
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Setting can be thought of as this in regards to the rest of the story. It's like the scenery and props for a play or other performance.
What is the backdrop?
200
It doesn't matter if you're quoting lines of dialogue from a novel or describing what was witnessed during a film scene. The point is that you do this when writing any response, especially in R.A.C.E.
What is cite?
200
Need to create a quick summary of characters and their actions in your reading? Try using this helpful tool that breaks summary down into four essential steps.
What is Somebody Wanted But So?
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It's this person's view of life and human nature that we learn from reading a text.
Who is the author?
300
This word means to use context clues, evidence and other details to lead the reader/viewer to a deeper understanding.
What is to infer?
300
As far as setting goes, Ray Bradbury's "All Summer in a Day" may be placed in a classroom, but the larger location is this.
What is Venus?
300
Don't try and put the evidence into your own words when writing about a text. Instead, do this.
What is quote?
300
Performing this action while reading is essential for taking notes on details like character traits/actions, setting details, inferable themes, etc.
What is annotating?
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When reading the Shakespeare play "Romeo and Juliet" the reader could infer the theme of "True love" But this short idea can only considered an example of this.
What is a simple theme?
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It's the course of events in a story. But you may know it by this 4-letter word instead.
What is plot?
400
Whether it's an iphone 7 or a hammer and chisel, these things are all considered to fall under this major element of setting.
What is technology?
400
Interviews, character dialogue, facts and statistics, narrative description: these things are all considered to be good examples of this crucial piece in writing.
What is evidence?
400
Whether you can smell it, touch it, taste it, feel it or hear it, you're still reading about these kinds of details in your text.
What are sensory details?
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When attempting to infer theme, the reader should see how the characters, their traits and actions, the setting and basic conflicts connect to this.
What is the title/subject?
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While a bit of a mouthful, this is how the author depicts or portrays the characters to the reader. S.T.E.A.L. is a tool frequently used to help with this.
What is characterization?
500
It's the style of buildings and the way they're designed. Whether they're made of brick and mortar or wood and nails, this element of setting is quite telling of the place and time.
What is architecture?
500
You can use key words like "however" or "furthermore" to signal this action in writing, but the idea is really to move the reader from the current point to the next smoothly.
What is a transition?
500
Whether you're inferring the meaning of an unfamiliar word or figuring out the details that contribute to the overall setting, these are extremely important to consider.