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Unraveling Literary Themes

Explore explicit and implicit themes in classic stories like "Silver Mine" and "Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment," analyzing characters, conflicts, & more. Uncover the power of literature's central ideas!

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Unraveling Literary Themes

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  1. THIS IS Literdy

  2. Your With Host... Mr. Alek Seams

  3. Old Fun Silver Boots Water Beast 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500

  4. The central idea of the story is called what? A 100

  5. Theme A 100

  6. Define an explicit theme? A 200

  7. It is stated outright A 200

  8. What is an implicit theme? A 300

  9. A theme subtly woven into the elements of the story. A 300

  10. What are the two types of theme? A 400

  11. Explicit and implicit A 400

  12. What is the best way to find the central idea of a story? A 500

  13. Analyze the parts of the story (characters, conflict, structure) A 500

  14. Why does the parson refuse to tell the people where the silver mine is? B 100

  15. He is trying to protect the people from destructive greed. B 100

  16. The king’s decision not to seek out the silver mine shows what about the king? B 200

  17. He respects the sacrifice of the parson for the welfare of his people. B 200

  18. In the end, what does the king decide is most important to his kingdom? B 300

  19. A good and happy people. B 300

  20. What is the basic theme of the “Silver Mine”? B 400

  21. Wealth has corrupting power. B 400

  22. Give the three examples of the parson’s wise leadership. B 500

  23. Refuses to bring destruction on the villagers, He is willing to stay poor, he is willing to help the king. B 500

  24. Why does Mr. Gessler display bitterness when he notices that the narrator is wearing a pair of boots that he did not make? C 100

  25. The big companies are taking away his business. C 100

  26. Based on the narrator’s actions and attitudes, the author of “Quality” wants the reader to consider the Gesslers noble for what? C 200

  27. Their commitment to quality C 200

  28. What does the narrator do that shows his deep regard for the Gesslers. C 300

  29. Almost cries C 300

  30. DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager C 400

  31. What is the primary conflict in “Quality”? C 400

  32. Man vs. a power greater than himself. (Gesslers vs growing industrial society) C 400

  33. What is the theme of “Quality”? C 500

  34. One achieves excellence by refusing to compromise his ideals. C 500

  35. Who wrote “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment”? D 100

  36. Nathaniel Hawthorne D 100

  37. “Dr Heidegger’s Experiment” teaches what? D 200

  38. It is probable that a man will waste the chance to correct past mistakes. D 200

  39. How does Dr. Heidegger know that he has chosen the right subjects for his experiment? D 300

  40. They have made mistakes that they seem unlikely to repeat. D 300

  41. What did the subjects of his experiment learn from the experiment? D 400

  42. Nothing D 400

  43. What is the theme of “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment”? D 500

  44. Some people do not gain wisdom as they should. D 500

  45. Many of the most well known fairy tales come to us from what nation? E 100

  46. France E 100

  47. The Prince in “Beauty and the Beast” and the speaker in “When You Are Old” both recognize what? E 200

  48. Inward beauty is more important than outward beauty. E 200

  49. What does the prince mean when he gives Beauty the advice “Do not trust too much to your eyes”? E 300

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