Theme
What is a theme in literature?
What is the message or life lesson the author wants the reader to learn?
What are the three main reasons an author writes?
What are to persuade, inform, and entertain?
Who is the main character in a story called?
What is the protagonist?
What is “point of view” in a story?
What is the perspective from which the story is told?
What is a simile?
What is a comparison using “like” or “as”?
A story about a boy who never gives up is likely about what theme?
What is perseverance or determination?
If an author wants to teach you how to bake a cake, what is their purpose?
What is to inform?
What is the setting of a story?
What is the time and place where the story happens?
“I walked to the store.” What point of view is this?
What is first person?
What is a metaphor?
What is a direct comparison without “like” or “as”?
True or False: A theme is always stated directly in the text.
What is False?
If an author writes a poem to make you laugh, what is their purpose?
What is to entertain?
What do we call the force or person working against the main character?
What is the antagonist?
“She walked to the store and smiled.” What point of view is this?
What is third person?
“The sun smiled down on us.” What type of figurative language is this?
What is personification?
What theme fits this story: “A girl learns that sharing makes friendships stronger.”
What is generosity or the value of sharing?
If a commercial is trying to get you to buy new shoes, what is the purpose?
What is to persuade?
What type of character changes during the story?
What is a dynamic character?
What does third-person omniscient mean?
What is “the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters”?
What does the idiom “hit the books” mean?
What is “to start studying”?
Name a theme from a fable where a slow animal wins a race by not giving up.
What is “slow and steady wins the race” or perseverance?
A biography about Abraham Lincoln is written to ________.
What is inform?
What does it mean if a character has a "conflict"?
What is “they have a problem or challenge to face”?
What is second-person point of view?
What is “the narrator speaks directly to the reader using ‘you’”?
“She’s as fast as a cheetah” is an example of what?
What is a simile?