Show:
Theme Part I
Themes Part II
Dandelion Wine I
Dandelion Wine II
Inferences
100
How is the theme best described? plot, subject, statement it makes about people and life, or the times and place of the action
What is its subject
100
How can a reader infer a clue to a poem's theme? author, title, rhythm, or rhyme
What is the title.
100
When a person samples something, he or she?
What is tests it.
100
The first thing to happen in this selection is:
What is Douglas appears in the doorway of the shoe emporium.
100
From the title you can tell what about the theme?
What is something strange.
200
Can the theme of a literary work be different for some people?
What is yes!
200
Themes do not- change over the years, affect the author's message, give meaning for reader's lives, or reflect reader's and authors' views of life.
What is change over the years.
200
If the sneakers looked detached and alien against Mr. Sanderson's pants. Detached means-
What is unattached or strange.
200
Douglas wants Sanderson to
What is make a deal for a pair of sneakers.
200
What can you infer about Mr. Sanderson's character and the theme?
What is being open to new things and experiences.
300
The theme of a literary work is not the same as its- meaning, topic, significance, or message.
What is its topic.
300
Which item is not a statement about theme? society's rules and customs, freedom must be guarded, anger teaches us about ourselves, or differnt people can work together
What is society's rules and customs.
300
If clay is resilient, it is
What is springy
300
How does Mr. Sanderson change during the story?
What is he remembers what it was like to run free.
300
What can you infer about the theme through Douglas's character?
What is the joy of being young.
400
Why must a reader understand the theme?
What is to grasp the author's point or main idea.
400
Why must a reader understand the theme?
What is to grasp the author's point or main idea.
400
His voice faded and _____________. disappeared, grew louder, came back, or squeaked.
What is disappeared
400
What is the most important thing Douglas does in this selection?
What is convince Mr. Sanderson to try on the sneakers.
400
How does the plot relate to the theme?
What is the importance to take a chance.
500
Themes can be all of the following things except- one-word statements, stated outright, implied by the character's actions, or suggested by the details in the story
What are one-word statements.
500
You can often infer the theme of a work of literature by all of the following ways except: what the characters have learned or discovered, studying the resolution of the plot, focusing on key passages, or analyzing the setting
What is studying the resolution of the plot.
500
Abandoned sneakers are _________. worn every day, not worn on weekdays, worn only at school, or not worn anymore.
What is not worn anymore.
500
Which event best describes the effect of sneakers and the boy's words? Douglas refuses to accept the job, the sneakers make Mr. Sanderson young again, Mr. Sanderson agrees to barter the sneakers, or the sneakers turn Douglas into a thief.
What is Mr. Sanderson agrees to barter the sneakers.
500
Describe the theme of Dandelion Wine.
What is time passes quickly, so savor every moment.