Thursday, May 29, 2008

Themes Found in Reading

Common Themes Found in Reading

The theme of a story is the lesson you should learn from it. You should be able to identify what the story is teaching you based on the relationships of the characters, the choices they make, etc.

  • Anger
  • Beauty
  • Bravery
  • Compassion
  • Courage
  • Cruelty
  • Daring
  • Deception
  • Devotion
  • Discovery
  • Evil
  • Failure
  • Fairness
  • Fear
  • Flattery
  • Forgiveness
  • Greed
  • Heroism
  • Honor
  • Humility
  • Inspiration
  • Kindness
  • Loneliness
  • Loss
  • Love
  • Loyalty
  • Perseverance
  • Pride
  • Rejection
  • Resourcefulness
  • Revenge
  • Selfishness
  • Sin
  • Stinginess
  • Survival
  • Temptation
  • Truth
  • Vanity
  • Violence

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

hey mrs. h,
is friendship a theme?? and can we use the same theme more than once?? b/c i accidentally did already. it was frienship.

Anonymous said...

yeah, ive got the same question! is friendship a theme???

Anonymous said...

yeah me too!! :)

Anonymous said...

ohh yeah i have that same question:)

Anonymous said...

hey mrs. hurst, is finding yourself a theme?

Emma

Carrie said...

hi, emma. yes, finding yourself, also known as self-discovery is a theme.