Theme
Themes are _________. Which means the theme could apply to your life.
Universal
Mrs. Smith was doing a unit on healthy living with her students. All week she taught her students about eating the correct foods like fruits and vegetables. Over the weekend, some of Mrs. Smith's students were at the mall and saw her eating pizza, a milkshake, and candy. Mrs. Smith's student Molly was going to order a salad, but now decided to order junk food too. What is the theme?
A Actions speak louder than words
B Never eat pizza at the mall
C Vegetables are good for you
A.) Actions speak louder than words
The feeling the reader gets from a story
Mood
Another word for a line of poetry
Verse
comparing two unlike things using words such as "like" or "as"
Example: They fought like cats and dogs!
Simile
There can only be one theme or universal theme in a story. True or False.
False
Julia wanted to become a doctor for as long as she could remember. In college when her friends were out at the mall or going out with friends, Julia spent all of her time studying. At graduation, Julia graduated with high honors and was offered a job shortly after. What is the theme?
A Studying is important.
B It is important to go to college.
C Hard work pays off.
C.) Hard work pays off.
Author's attitude towards the audience, the subject, and/or the character
Tone
A group of lines in a poem (often can look like a paragraph but is not)
Stanza
comparing two unlike things NOT using words such as "like" or "as"
Example: How could she marry that snake?
figure of speech comparing two different things
Metaphor
What is theme?
What is the message, lesson learned, or universal truth (truth about how humans behave) called?
Growing up, Sally was always in the shadow of her older sister Mary. Mary always got better grades, was better at sports, and seemed to even be prettier. Sally spent a lot of time in the family's garden feeling sorry for herself. Then one day Mary needed help on a science project about plants. Due to all of her time in the garden, Sally knew a lot about plants and was able help Mary with the project. Sally was shocked that she was better at something than her sister. What is the theme?
A Accept yourself for who you are.
B Sports are not important
C You can learn a lot from plants.
A.)A Accept yourself for who you are.
What is the mood? Darkness descended upon the town. It's sleep warmth blanketed each house. The twinkly glow of overhead starts lit the pathways that connected each neighborhood to the next.
a. amused b. flirty
c. enraged d. calm
D. Calm
A kind of rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery designed to appeal to our emotions and imagination.
Poetry
Words that have the same beginning sounds together
Example: Some Smug Slug Sang
Alliteration
Which of the following is a theme example.
A.)You will never make a shot that you don't take.
B.) risking
C.) cleaning is good
A.)You will never make a shot that you don't take.
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?
A Even though you have good intentions, others may not
B Don't hold snakes close to your chest.
C Snakes are dangerous.
A.) Even though you have good intentions, others may not
What is the tone? "The silence in the woods was unnatural, broken only by the distant, mournful howl that seemed to echo from the very depths of the trees"
a. excited b. foreboding
c. grateful d. confident
B. Foreboding
In poetry, a line, phrase, or group of lines that is repeated at intervals throughout the poem
Refrain
An extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
What is the difference between the main idea of a story and the theme of a story?
The main idea is mostly what the story is about (a short summary). The theme is the life lesson or moral that the author wants us to remember. It may have nothing to do with the details of the story itself.
The Monkey and the Cookies A monkey put his hand into the jar of cookies. He grasped as many as he could possibly hold, but when he tried to pull his hand, he was prevented from doing so by the neck of the cookie jar. Unwilling to lose the cookies, and yet unable to withdraw his hand, he burst into tears and cried bitterly. What is the theme?
A Eating cookies can be dangerous.
B If you are greedy, you might get nothing.
C Don't put your hand in a jar.
B.) If you are greedy, you might get nothing.
What is the tone? "Lost in thought, she stared out the window, the rain mirroring her own pensive state."
Reflective, thoughtful
A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
Meter
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Personification