What is a theme?
A key idea
A key character
A key setting
What is the name given to a repeated image or group of images in a text?
Metaphor
Symbol
Motif
Romeo and Juliet is about two young lovers from opposing families who meet by chance and fall in love. What is the main theme in the play?
Power
Fate
Heroism
Which motif in Hamlet links to the theme of appearance and reality?
Sleep
Actors
Decay
What can you examine closely to help identify themes in shorter texts?
Language
Form
Structure
In Skellig the family have moved 'just in time for spring'. Which theme does this imply?
Death
Renewal
Fear
Which reading skill is required to work out the themes of a text?
Analysis
Skim reading
Inference
Which aspects of a theme make a story interesting?
Conflict
Similarities
Patterns
Which theme is demonstrated in the presentation of man versus nature?
Love
What is the most likely opposite of attainable love in a text?
Love at first sight
Forbidden love
Parental love