Theme
What is a theme?
The lesson or message of the story
What is a topic?
The subject or what the writing is mostly about
What does compare mean?
To find the similarities between two or more things
What is the 1st phase of the water cycle?
Evaporation
What does theme explain?
Why the author wrote the story
The topic is usually ___
the Main Idea of the text
What does the word contrast mean?
to notice the differences between two or more things
What is the second step of the water cycle?
Condensation
What does the word 'implicit' mean?
The topic is usually _____ given
directly
What does the word structure mean?
the way something is set up or built
What is the third phase of the water cycle?
Precipitation
Theme is ___ because it is usually the author' opinion
specific
The topic of a story is ____
general
What does the word characteristics mean?
identifying features which belong to a person, place, or thing
What year is it?
2021
What are the themes of both stories we read today?
Be careful what you wish for
Think before you act
What was the topic of both stories we read in class today?
A man makes a foolish wish
What does the word implicit mean?
Not stated in an obvious way
What was today's Word of the Day? What did it mean?
hurtle; to move at a great speed