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Identify topics.
Ask: How are those topics treated throughout the story?
Examples:
topics Treatment of topic
love it is not allowed
friendship
family
honor
THEME:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvWeds_F4tw
What message about life is the author conveying?
How do you know?
Name: ______________________________________________________ Date: ____________________________________
Discovering the THEME of a Literary Work
Title
What is the significance of the title?
How
How does the main character change? How is this change brought about?
Emotions
What emotions did you feel at the end?
Mood
What was the mood of the story (sad, uplifting, sentimental, etc…)?
Enduring
What message from the story applies to life?
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Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinion or judgement.
ASSESSMENT