Theme
Define Theme
Theme is the lesson/message in a story.
Time and place in a story?
Setting
1st step in writing an essay?
pre-write
1st step in writing an arguemnt
Give your claim/thesis
A passage that gives true facts?
Historical Account
Theme in Long Way Down?
Violence doesn't solve problems.
Cycle of gang violence must end.
Protagonist?
Main Character
Why is pre-writing important?
Helps to organize your thoughts
2nd step an writing an argument?
Give your reasons
Suffix
-er
One who does
How do you determine the theme?
By what the character say and do
Looking at what the character(s) learned
Turning point in a story?
Climax
What citation did we use in the essay?
Morden Language Association (MLA)
3rd step in writing an arguement?
Evidence
Historical fiction?
It uses and alters history
What is the theme of poem
"The Rose that Grew from Concrete" by Tupac Shakur
People can overcome difficulties and be successful.
Plot?
Congratulation- PRIZE
Beginning, middle, and end of a story
or
Sequence of Events
How do you write an conclusion?
Repeat - thesis, reasons,
Give a "So What?"
List types of evidence?
A strategy in writing a summary?
Somebody
Wanted
But
So
Then
Theme of "Mother to Son?"
BONUS - GIFT CARD
Don't give up when life gets tough.
How was the problem resolved in the short story "Thank You Ma'am?"
Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones gave Roger the money for his blue suede shoes.
How do you write an introduction?
Gift
1) Hook 2) Introduce the book and author 3) Give a summary 4) Thesis
How do you evaluate an argument?
Bonus
Look for the 1) Claim/thesis 2) Reasons 3) Evidence
4)Counterargument 5)Rebuttal
Central idea?
What the article is mostly about