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Theme statements (revisited)

Theme statements (revisited). Theme Statement. 1 word theme + . what the book says about that theme specifically. Example: Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha is about the importance of internal struggle on the path to enlightenment. Which of these is a theme statement?.

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Theme statements (revisited)

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  1. Theme statements(revisited)

  2. Theme Statement 1 word theme + what the book says about that theme specifically Example: Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha is about the importance of internal struggle on the path to enlightenment.

  3. Which of these is a theme statement? • The Three Hermits is about prayer. • The Three Hermits is about three religious men learning to pray. • The Three Hermits is about the multiple ways that prayer can lead to God. • The Three Hermits is a story with a lot of religious images that help keep the reader interested.

  4. Important questions: Example theme statement: The Cub is a story about the inevitability of change within family dynamics. • How would you support this theme statement in an essay? • What does the statement lead you to expect from the rest of the essay?

  5. Progression of a theme statement Theme Theme statement (what does the book say specifically about the theme?) Evidence of how I know that statement is true (literary devices, specific episodes in the plot)

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