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A theme is the main idea or message of a text.A theme must be a complete sentence.
Bad Examples: Courage; Loyalty; Integrity; Nature Good Example: Forces of nature are stronger than man.
Themes must apply outside of the story.
Bad Example: Cory's loyalty caused him to make noble sacrifices.
Good Example: Loyalty causes people to make noble sacrifices.Texts can have more than one theme.
Example: A text where two friends encounter dangerous forces of nature and are loyal to each other could have a theme about loyalty as well as a theme about the strength of nature.Themes must be supported with evidence.
Many different themes can be developed from a text as long as there is evidence in the text that supports each theme.