Theme
Theme is the lesson, the ___________, or the moral of a text
What is the message?
A type of character that lacks depth
What is a flat character?
When the personality of a character is TOLD rather than SHOWN (character traits are directly stated)
What is direct characterization?
The main idea of a story tells what it is _______ ________.
What is mostly about?
Friendship
What is topic?
Themes are _______, meaning they apply to multiple/different texts
What is universal?
A type of character that the audience knows a lot about
What is a round character?
When the author says something like "Jenny is helpful and nice."
What is an example of direct characterization?
Main ideas are ____-_____, so they can include character names.
What is text-specific?
It's okay to be different.
Theme must be a _________ statement.
What is complete?
A type of character that undergoes a drastic change throughout a text
When the author says something like "When Jenny saw her teacher struggling to carry in two giant boxes, she ran to her side and grabbed one of the boxes out of the teacher's hands."
What is an example of indirect characterization?
Main ideas will be a complete statement, not ___ _____.
What is one word?
The Mighty Spiders won the tournament when they started working together.
What is main idea?
Believe in yourself, you can help others by making sacrifices, and you can find friendship in all places
What are some common themes in literature?
A type of character who remains essentially the same throughout a text
What is a static character?
A character who is only portrayed as mean.
What is a flat character?
True or false: main ideas are universal
What is false?
Gene is quiet and creepy.
What is direct characterization?
Through actions, words/dialogue, and details.
What are ways an author develops a theme?
What is indirect characterization?
A character who is shy, quiet, and calm at the beginning of the story and loud, talkative, and boisterous at the end of the story (be specific!)
What is a round dynamic character?
True or False: Love is a common main idea
What is false? (love is a TOPIC, not a main idea)
I walked into my bedroom, dragging my feet slowly across the floor. I dropped my bag by the doorway and slowly collapsed onto my bed. I was asleep in seconds.
What is indirect characterization?