Theme Statements

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Theme Statements

• Developing theme through topics

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Warm-up activity (nonot the PE kind)

• Look at the two questions for homework last
  night. Share with your partner the theme you
  have.
• Are your themes similar? How are they similar or
  how are they different? Be prepare to share your
  responses.

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Topic vs. Theme

• Theme statements come from topic words, such as
• love
• acceptance
• betrayal
• envy
• friendship

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Topic

• Topics may be the same for different stories, but
  the authors messages about the topic word may be
  different
• For example, compare the topic of cruelty in
  Most Dangerous Game and in The Cask of
  Amontillado.
• How is cruelty different in these two stories?
• What is each of the author trying to say about
  cruelty in the stories?

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Theme Statements

• Therefore, theme statements cannot be just one
  word, but a complete sentence.
• Theme the authors central idea or message of a
  work.

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Simply

• Think of topics as the what.
• What are the big ideas in the story?
• Themes are the so what.
• So what about the topic word?
• So what is the author trying to say?

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Lets practice!
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Take out your agenda

• Homework for tonight
• Read The Sniper on page 211
• Come up with 5 topic words
• Choose 1 topic word and come up with a theme
  based on that topic word.
• Write the 5 topic words and theme in the writing
  section (pg 66) in your notebook.