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Theme Statement Review

Theme Statement Review. Remember a theme statement is a sentence that argues a point about how you see the theme topic throughout the story. You have to think about what the story you read reveals about that theme topic. Ask yourself the following question:

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Theme Statement Review

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  1. Theme Statement Review • Remember a theme statement is a sentence that argues a point about how you see the theme topic throughout the story. • You have to think about what the story you read reveals about that theme topic. • Ask yourself the following question: • What does this story reveal about ___(topic)___?

  2. Evaluate Theme Statements • Good examples of theme statements: • In The Last of the Mohicans, love and sacrifice lead to a character’s uprising. • What is the theme topic? • What does this writer say the movie reveals about that topic?

  3. Evaluate Theme Statements • Good examples of theme statements: • In The Last of the Mohicans, heroism leads to success for the Mohicans. • What is the theme topic? • What does this writer say the movie reveals about that topic?

  4. Evaluate Theme Statements • Good examples of theme statements: • In The Last of the Mohicans, following intuition over reason upholds the survival of the characters. • What is the theme topic? • What does this writer say the movie reveals about that topic?

  5. Common Mistakes • Common mistakes noticed when writing theme statements: • The writer does not discuss what the story reveals about your topic. • The writer restates or defines the theme topic in a complete sentence. • The theme statement is a specific statement and not a general one. • The writer does not have an argument about the theme topic. • The topic is not apparent throughout the entire work, and therefore makes the theme statement too limited.

  6. Evaluate Theme Statements • Theme statements that missed the mark: • In The Last of the Mohicans, there is a battle between good and evil in the movie. • What wrong with this attempted theme statement? • Can you identify the topic? • Can you identify an argument? • Is it a general statement or too specific?

  7. Evaluate Theme Statements • Theme statements that missed the mark: • In The Last of the Mohicans, many of the characters do heroic things. • What wrong with this attempted theme statement? • Can you identify the topic? • Can you identify an argument? • Is it a general statement or too specific?

  8. Evaluate Theme Statements • Theme statements that missed the mark: • In The Last of the Mohicans, man encounters hardships of the natural world. • What wrong with this attempted theme statement? • Can you identify the topic? • Can you identify an argument? • Is it a general statement or too specific?

  9. Evaluate Theme Statements • Theme statements that missed the mark: • In The Last of the Mohicans, is about love because Hawkeye falls in love with Cora and causes them to get into tough situations. • What wrong with this attempted theme statement? • Can you identify the topic? • Can you identify an argument? • Is it a general statement or too specific?

  10. Evaluate Theme Statements • Theme statements that missed the mark: • In The Last of the Mohicans, Hawkeye’s Mohican name symbolizes that he is an excellent marksmen. • What wrong with this attempted theme statement? • Can you identify the topic? • Can you identify an argument? • Is it a general statement or too specific?

  11. Creating a Theme Statement for “The Masque of the Red Death” • Think about the four theme topics you discussed yesterday: mortality (death), versions of reality (appearance v. reality), fear, or foolishness and folly. • Choose one and write your theme topic. • Think about your brainstorming discussion assignment from yesterday. • What do you think the story reveals about ____(your topic)____? • Write a theme statement that follows this format: • In “The Masque of the Red Death,” Poe shows that (fill in your revelation from above making it a complete sentence)

  12. Brainstorming for Extended Theme Paragraph • What are the additional skills we focused on during this Dark Romanticism? (Think about the targets on your bellringers.) • Diction • Mood/Tone • Characteristics of Dark Romanticism • Find examples from the story (text) that you think supports each of these skills AND your theme statement. Complete the chart below:

  13. Writing About Theme Write an extended paragraph that proves your theme statement from “The Masque of the Red Death 1. TS: Identify Theme Statement. Include the title of the work and author. Diction Chunk : 2. SS: First example from text that supports theme. WRITE YOUR QUOTE FROM THE STORY INTO A SENTENCE. 3. EX: DO NOT SUMMARIZE THE QUOTE! Explain why that example supports that theme. This should be more than one sentence long. Mood/Tone Chunk: 4. SS: Second example from text that supports theme. WRITE YOUR QUOTE FROM THE STORY INTO A SENTENCE. 5. EX: DO NOT SUMMARIZE THE QUOTE! ! Explain why that example supports that theme. This should be more than one sentence long. Dark Romanticism Chunk: 6. SS: Third example from text that supports theme. WRITE YOUR QUOTE FROM THE STORY INTO A SENTENCE. 7. EX: DO NOT SUMMARIZE THE QUOTE! Explain why that example supports that theme. This should be more than one sentence long. 8. CS: Explain the overall significance of the theme to the story. What do you think Washington Irving is saying about your theme topic?

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