Theme
What are things that should not be included in a theme?
Specific details from the story
True or false, setting can help set the mood for a story.
True
What is setting?
The time and place of a story.
What are the three types of irony?
Verbal, Dramatic, and Situational
Who was the MVP of Super Bowl LIX?
Jalen Hurts
True/false: Theme is the same thing as a topic.
False
Bouncing into the room, she lit up the room with a joyous glow on her face as she told her family about winning first place in the science fair.
Excited
What is the setting:
Ernest went to school. He took a bus home, and when he arrived at his front door, his dog ate his homework.
The school, the bus, and his house
A surprise birthday party, to the people waiting at home to surprise the birthday person.
Dramatic Irony
What is the most popular Fortnite skin?
Backlash
Mrs. Smith was teaching her students about respect. All week she taught her students about treating others with kindness and even how to respect people they didn't agree with. But over the weekend, some of Mrs. Smith's students were at the mall and saw her yelling at a store employee. Mrs. Smith's student Jaime saw her yelling at the employee and thought that respecting others must not be that important after all. What is the theme?
A. Actions speak louder than words.
B. Friendships can come from unexpected places.
C. Through friendship you can overcome your fears.
A. Actions speak louder than words.
She huddled in the corner, holding her blanket and shaking convulsively, as she feverishly searched the room for the unknown dangers that awaited her.
Scared
This is a setting, the boy hugged his mom. True or False? Why?
False, because it does not say when or where.
An lion hunter is mauled by a lion.
Situational Irony.
What year did Taylor Swift get her first Number One song?
2012
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together:
Can theme be just one word? Explain
Theme cannot be just one word. It is a statement. A lesson or moral cannot be expressed by a single word.
Bursting through the door, the flustered mother yelled at her children fighting over a toy.
Furious
In what setting would you find a Happy Meal?
McDonalds
"I was hoping you'd show up." Said by a superhero, trapped alone in a cave, with nowhere to run, when the most evil and powerful team of supervillains ever assembled shows up out of nowhere, intending to end the world.
Verbal Irony
Which Star Wars movie made the most money when adjusted for inflation?
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
One winter, a monkey found a snake stiff and frozen. The monkey felt sorry for the snake and so he picked the snake up and held it to his chest to try to warm it. The snake was quickly revived by the warmth, and because of its instincts, bit the monkey with all its might. What is the theme?
Even though you have good intentions, others may not.
Which action by a character would set a mood of frustration?
a.) whistling a song
b.) getting an A on a test
c.) shouting at a brother and sister
c.) shouting at a brother and sister
Garfield ate breakfast two hours before noon at the kitchen table.
What is the setting time and place?
10:00 AM in the kitchen.
Is this ironic:
A man transporting 100 spare tires in a truck gets a flat tire that none of his own tires can replace.
Yes, Situational Irony.
Which two rappers are tied for the most hip hop Grammys with 24 each?
Jay-Z and Kanye West