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RL7.2 Theme
Central Idea and Theme Skill Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| theme | the main lesson that readers can take away from the story |
| subject | one word like love, family, loyalty that the writer turnes into a lesson |
| conflict | problem of the story |
| moral | theme or lesson |
| lesson | theme or moral of the story |
| life-application | a lesson that you can learn from what the characters go through that you can apply to your life |
| solution | how the problem is solved |
| generalization | a life-lesson that you can take away from what the characters experience/ theme |
| protagonist | main character; good guy |
| significance | why an event or thing is important |
| main idea | what the story is mostly about; the most import events in the story |
| resolution | the part in the story when the problem has been solved and readers find out where the characters end up |
| support | prove your response with evidence from the text |
| universal | relates to people everywhere (comes from the word universe) |