LITERATURE QUESTIONS
ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE
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The action of the story
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What the characters tell you is happening
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The message the author wants for the reader
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The term theme can be defined as the underlying meaning of a story. It is the message the writer is trying to convey through the story. Often the theme of a story is a broad message about life. The theme of a story is important because a story’s theme is part of the reason why the author wrote the story.
Detailed explanation-2: -Theme: The message or lesson the author wants you to take away after reading the story.
Detailed explanation-3: -An author’s message is the “big idea” of the text or a part of the text. It is what the author wants the reader to learn or take away from reading the text. There may be more than one message in a text. A life lesson: The moral, or lesson, that stories like fables are trying to teach readers.
Detailed explanation-4: -A theme gives the general view of the story. It gives the reader the insight into how the story characters live to pursue something good, the results of conflicts and how all these choices come to pass in their lives.
Detailed explanation-5: -Let’s make this easy: Theme is a general principle. Message is a specific example of that theme in action.