Theme is the_______________idea. The central __________ a story gives about ____________ life or human____________. It helps give __________to a story. It is usually____________. It makes us ____________ differently about something we may not have___________before.
Ask yourself the following:
1. What does the story reveal about human experience? What is the story’s underlying idea? What does the story make me deeply feel? (That is theme).
Remember that the purpose of a fable is to teach a lesson; on the other hand, a theme is the controlling idea or insight about human life.
Theme is the ______________ idea. The central ____________a story gives about
___________life.
